Stay away!...they are all mine!

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  1. chocolate

    chocolate In Flower

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    Seasons Greetings everyone and I hope we all have a great new year.
    Here are some of my new seasons pumpkins hanging in the sun to ripen a little more and netted because the cockatoos like them too, but not this time birdie!
    They are Muscee de Province Pumpkins, I had the seeds sent to me from a friend in France[legally].They are so beautiful and sweet when they were roasted,the vine was quite rampant but I did not argue with it, if it wanted to takeover the neighbours it was allowed...it is the king of the garden after all.
    The large one, photographed on its own weighed in at 18lb, the smaller ones were just a measly 10-12lb.
    We killed the large one for Christmas dinner.mmmmm.I certainly will grow these again and share the seeds with friends.

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  3. eileen

    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Measly at 10 - 12 lbs!! :D :D I have to admit the 18 lbs is a terrific weight and you must have had a feast eating that one. Well done. :smt041 :smt041
     
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    cherylad Countess of Cute-ification Plants Contributor

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    Wow! How did you prepare them? Pie? Custard?
     
  5. chocolate

    chocolate In Flower

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    Thanks for the comments,
    some of the pumpkin was roasted together with potato, sweet potato, and steamed snap peas and carrots for Christmas dinner.
    The vegies lay next to roast lamb with caramalised onion gray,
    my next trick with the pumpkin will be soup, more roast pumkin,mashed pumpkin and sweet potato together and then maybe pumkin scones...oh nearly forgot, chunky thai curried pumpkin,
    we use the pumpkin probably more than potatoes.
    mmmmm.
     



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  6. mart

    mart Strong Ash

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    Very nice ! We need recipes, please.
     
  7. Jerry Sullivan

    Jerry Sullivan Garden Experimenter Plants Contributor

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    All that delicious food, all those things to do with pumpkins besides cut holes in them and setting them on fire. Maybe a recipe or two? :)

    Jerry
     

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