"Sugar Pie" Pumpkin

Yummy.

 

How to roast a pumpkin:

 

Legally acquire a sugar pie or other kind of pumpkin. Do not use a Hallowe'en type: They don't taste very good nor do they have a good texture.

 

1) Cut in half through the waist.

2 ) Remove guts into a large bowl hold until step: 6

3) Remove strings and toss on the compost heap.

4) Heat oven to 450º F or 225/250º C

5) Put cut side down on raised edged/oiled pans

6) Fill bowl with 2.5 quarts/liters of water and remove stringy parts. The seeds float more than the strings do.

7) Run seeds into a colander drain.

8) Oil another pan or two, add seeds, 1.5T/22cc cooking oil and .5 tsp/2.5cc salt. Mix and spread out in a thin layer.

9) Put everything in the oven when it is at full heat.

9) Bake for 30 minutes and take seeds out of oven. They should be crisp and slightly tan.

10) Bake another 30 to 60 minutes until done.

11) Scoop out and mash.

12) Put mush into a strainer, put weight on strainer for 30/40 minutes.

The mush is now ready for you to turn into pumpkin bread/supper/whatever...

Done