Comments on: Great Pumpkins! http://corduroyorange.com/?p=61 The only Food Blog written by Jesse Sharrard Sat, 11 Apr 2026 23:41:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Corduroy Orange » Blog Archive » More About Squash http://corduroyorange.com/?p=61#comment-16780 Corduroy Orange » Blog Archive » More About Squash Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:49:40 +0000 http://corduroyorange.com/?p=61#comment-16780 [...] Neither question is, to my sensibilities, reasonable. The answer to the former is, “for the same reason you ought to go to the trouble to make your own applesauce, because the stuff that comes out of a can sucks!” (a line perhaps best delivered while wearing a curly, red-haired wig); and to the latter, “Well, why not? It’s easy to do in bulk, it freezes well, and once you have it there’s so much you can do with it: muffins or cupcakes, pies, ice cream, custard, cookies, soup, souffles, fritters….” Squash is extremely versatile, tastes good, and is high in both potassium and vitamin A. If you don’t like peeling it first, you don’t necessarily have to. And here’s another way to cook it down. [...] [...] Neither question is, to my sensibilities, reasonable. The answer to the former is, “for the same reason you ought to go to the trouble to make your own applesauce, because the stuff that comes out of a can sucks!” (a line perhaps best delivered while wearing a curly, red-haired wig); and to the latter, “Well, why not? It’s easy to do in bulk, it freezes well, and once you have it there’s so much you can do with it: muffins or cupcakes, pies, ice cream, custard, cookies, soup, souffles, fritters….” Squash is extremely versatile, tastes good, and is high in both potassium and vitamin A. If you don’t like peeling it first, you don’t necessarily have to. And here’s another way to cook it down. [...]

]]> By: Paul http://corduroyorange.com/?p=61#comment-118 Paul Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:15:31 +0000 http://corduroyorange.com/?p=61#comment-118 To answer Ms. Peacock's query, Simmons Farm, which is about 30 minutes south of Pittsburgh grows their own pumpkins and has a huge selection for sale. You can also pay a little extra for the experience of tromping through their pumpkin patch and picking your own. I discovered this when I went down there a few weeks back to go apple-picking from their orchards. Directions and more info available at http://www.simmonsfarm.com/ Prof. Plum To answer Ms. Peacock’s query, Simmons Farm, which is about 30 minutes south of Pittsburgh grows their own pumpkins and has a huge selection for sale. You can also pay a little extra for the experience of tromping through their pumpkin patch and picking your own. I discovered this when I went down there a few weeks back to go apple-picking from their orchards.

Directions and more info available at http://www.simmonsfarm.com/

Prof. Plum

]]> By: Clara Lee http://corduroyorange.com/?p=61#comment-117 Clara Lee Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:07:58 +0000 http://corduroyorange.com/?p=61#comment-117 You didn't give her my recipe for pumpkin pie filling. Also, do you remember the time that we had a very bitter Halloween pumpkin and fortunately I caught it before mixing all the pumpkins I had cooked together to freeze. I still don't know what caused that but I now taste the pumpkin before mashing it just to be sure I'm not going to have a disaster when I cut into the pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving. Mom You didn’t give her my recipe for pumpkin pie filling.

Also, do you remember the time that we had a very bitter Halloween pumpkin and fortunately I caught it before mixing all the pumpkins I had cooked together to freeze. I still don’t know what caused that but I now taste the pumpkin before mashing it just to be sure I’m not going to have a disaster when I cut into the pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving.

Mom

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