I walked into the house last night and found 15 large pumpkins bathing in our sun room, 1 on the kitchen floor, and 1 in the oven. We had talked about trying to pick up a few more pumpkins after Halloween to make some pie filling, but not this many. Our church was using them as decoration and they were cleaning them out this week. They had even more than the 17, these were the remaining after everyone else took what they wanted. My wife was able to load them into her car (with the baby and car-seat as well) in just 1 trip.
Here's the breakdown plans:
1. Puree and freeze as much as we can fit. Our freezers are pretty packed already, so it will take some work but I think we can handle a few of them.
2. Cube and can some of them. I'll see about picking up some more jars tomorrow and we have some clean empty ones.
3. Keep a couple in the basement to be used later. I'm reading they can last 6 months, so in January once we've cleaned out some of the stuff in the freezer, we'll have room to freeze more.
4. And most importantly, we will puree and be giving it away on Sunday for families in need wanting to make their own pumpkin pie.
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Unbelievable! Thanks for another inspiring post. I think you two are amazing, and I know all your hard work will be rewarded. You can do all sorts of things with pumpkin besides pie. You can make muffins, cake, soup. Check out the internet for recipes and suggestions.
But of course, you have probably done this already! :)
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