I convinced Matylda (Michal's mum) to grow some pumpkins this year. Pumpkins aren't all that big of a veg on a Polish plate. Pumpkin bread, soup, scones, salad, quiche etc are all unheard of. The poor Polish pumpkin has existed for the sole purpose of feeding pigs in winter with. But I am marketing the return of this super vegetable! Matylda complied and the pumpkins in her garden are huge. One is being grown to its hugest possible size - so far it weighs about 30 kilos (not shown here). We were given the one on the photo to take back to Krakow. It is now on our kitchen table and I am wondering what the hell am I going to do with all that flesh? Ideas anyone? Please remember that I do not have an oven. And yes, pots of pumpkin (and coconut milk) soup, are already being planned.
Aza the dog and the pumpkin
8 comments:
if you want that "roast" feeling without an oven, maybe quickly blanch cubes of the pumpkin and then fry off on realy high heat.
put it through a salad with blue cheese and pine nuts.
mash it and have it with a choice bit of salty and peppery cooked meat.
pumpkin gnocci? i'll see what stefani alexander says and let you know.
yours in hunger, hugh
As an adjunct to the pumpkin & coconut milk soup, you could ask my mother for her pumpkin and cashew curry recipe (liznwong@yahoo.com).
It is rather big to use for the Thai dessert of coconut milk custard in pumpkin. But maybe if you buy an industrial-sized stockpot . . .?
I saw some mini schauzers in a pet store here, and got a bit emotional. I miss that little unit!
aza is tops - did she use the pumpkin as a football and frolick around the yard with it? (surely a teeny schnauzer is not that strong?!)
and pumpkin scones i say - i have reclaimed the art of scone making from the CWA recently and find it most enjoyable!
Your pumpkin dog looks a bit like Czwartek... The best way to buy good frames is to talk to Ciocia Pola. I am sure she still has her friends in Optyk(Optic?)
check out this site for some tasty pumpkin ideas...
http://www.abc.net.au/backyard/recipes/
jk1
I make a mean pumpkin, fresh beetroot, chickpea salad.. Simply blanch/steam the pumpky and beetroot, chickpeas and pesto sauce and bon apetite!
I'm a random chef, but normal people like it too...honest!
Thank you to all you Peters Pumpkin Eaters for your suggestions! I shall be blanching my arse off and the like. I am tackling the whale vegetable on the weekend. I need lotsa room. And lotsa time for the sucker. Will keep you posted.
all pumpkin enquiries should be directed to the subject in the following article:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/recipes/one-from-the-heart/2007/08/27/1188066997899.html
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