Pumpkin is a winter squash, orange on the outside, although cooked it can turn into a greeny yellow colour. Pumpkin pie, a deep dish pie, on Thanksgiving Day is an American tradition. I had a wonderful pumpkin pie at the American club in Singapore during Thanksgiving Day week.
Apparently the same applies in Canada, where the festival is called L'Action to Grace. The pumpkin is also popular in Europe. Italians turn the flesh into a savoury filling for ravioli. You can also roast the seeds for snacks and eat the flowers which are elegant decorations for the table or plate, rather like orchids.
Now orange pumpkins of all sizes are on sale in UK supermarkets for Halloween. Then pumpkins will come down in price. It will be a good time to buy. But how can should you store them and how long?
We were so pleased with home made pumpkin soup, which was a cheap meal and more, we plan on buy pumpkins to store. How long will a pumpkin last?
If you just leave your pumpkin on the kitchen work surface:
All winter, until Xmas, if you are lucky until Easter. If it goes bad, goes soft and starts smelling evil and leaking, too late, you'll have to throw it out.
If you can keep it in a cool dark place, it'll last a few months.
Cut open, you can freeze it and again it lasts a few months.
Cooked and made into pumpkin pie and the whole thing or leftovers frozen, again a few months.
There's a good chart on this site:
http://www.eatbydate.com/fruits/fresh/how-long-does-pumpkin-last/
Apparently the same applies in Canada, where the festival is called L'Action to Grace. The pumpkin is also popular in Europe. Italians turn the flesh into a savoury filling for ravioli. You can also roast the seeds for snacks and eat the flowers which are elegant decorations for the table or plate, rather like orchids.
Now orange pumpkins of all sizes are on sale in UK supermarkets for Halloween. Then pumpkins will come down in price. It will be a good time to buy. But how can should you store them and how long?
We were so pleased with home made pumpkin soup, which was a cheap meal and more, we plan on buy pumpkins to store. How long will a pumpkin last?
If you just leave your pumpkin on the kitchen work surface:
All winter, until Xmas, if you are lucky until Easter. If it goes bad, goes soft and starts smelling evil and leaking, too late, you'll have to throw it out.
If you can keep it in a cool dark place, it'll last a few months.
Cut open, you can freeze it and again it lasts a few months.
Cooked and made into pumpkin pie and the whole thing or leftovers frozen, again a few months.
There's a good chart on this site:
http://www.eatbydate.com/fruits/fresh/how-long-does-pumpkin-last/
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