A Pumpkin Question
I put out a pumpkin for Thanksgiving decoration. It remained
on our doorstep through Christmas and the beginning of the New Year, a bright
entry to our winter home. Today it called to me to cut it open. I usually like
to make pumpkin soup. Sometimes I bake pumpkin cookies. I bake the seeds or
share them with the birds outside.
But I had lots going on recently and didn’t get to making my
favorite pumpkin recipes. I wondered about the lifespan of the pumpkin, if it
was still usable. So I checked around. It seems pumpkins last about 8-12 weeks
if uncarved, which was within the parameters. They fare best in temperatures
about 50-56 degrees; our weather has been unusually warm this year so most of
the time it has been in the 40s to mid 50s. The last couple of days, however,
it has been hovering around freezing. Was my pumpkin still good to cook with? I
wondered.
I cut it open and saw that it must have frozen last night
and thawed when the morning warmed up, not the best way to preserve it. I would
hate to see it go to waste. Perhaps I’ll boil it up and see if it is still good
to use.
Any ideas?
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Feed it to your writers' group and see how they fare!
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