while we're on the topic of pumpkins...I was given one by a neighbour that
his mum grew, and I am pretty sure it's an heirloom/heritage variety. it is
a kind of nutmeg/toast colour, not deeply ribbed, and oval longways, not
round like the japs. the rind is quite hard, and the flesh is dense with a
smaller seed cavity and deep browny orange flesh. I imagine it would be a
great roasting pumpkin, which I am trying tonight, but it was too strongly
flavoured for pumpkin scones. It is definitely not the variety you would
find in a shop, or in your average yates seeds sold in the supermarket.
anyone got any ideas? (also crossposting to aus.gardens) I am going to have
a cxrack at growing it, but if anyone is interested in seeds, I have more
than enough to share.
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"Bigbazza" <bigbazza [at] INVALID_ADDY.net> wrote in message
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> "Rhonda Anderson" <schumacher11 [at] bigpond.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns971BD404C5C02schumacher11bigpondc [at] 61.9.191.5...
> > "Ms Leebee" <leebeeNOTHINGTOSPAMHERE [at] ozdebate.com> wrote in
> > news:tw8hf.2344$ea6.470 [at] news-server.bigpond.net.au:
> >
> >> "needles" <briticanj [at] bresnan.net> wrote in message
> >> news:ErKdnfsLu_ioCB_eRVn-tQ [at] bresnan.com...
> >>>2 Tablespoons butter
> >>>
> >>> 1 cup chopped onions
> >>>
> >>> 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
> >>>
> >>> 1-1/2 teaspoons curry powder
> >>>
> >>> 1/2 teaspoon salt
> >>>
> >>> 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
> >>>
> >>> 3 cups chicken broth
> >>>
> >>> 1 can (15 ounces) pure pumpkin
> >>
> >> Who buys pumpkin in a can ?
> >> I'm pretty sure you can't even buy such a thing in Australia .. which
> >> is a good thing, IMO.
> >>
> >
> > I've not seen a pumpkin soup recipe using pumpkin in a can, but an awful
> > lot of American pumpkin pie recipes call for canned pumpkin. I have seen
> > it in Woolies, once, a couple of years ago. Haven't looked for it since,
> > so don't know if it was a one off thing.
> >
> > Rhonda Anderson
> > Cranebrook, NSW, Australia
>
>
> If it could be bought here ...Rhonda...I would say that Coles Stores would
> be the one to check it out !...They appear to have a lot of things that
> woolies do not stock...I have found Coles to have many imported American
> products ..especially things like their Sauces !
> --
> Bigbazza (Barry)..Oz
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