Pumpkin Pies First part. Preparing the pumpkins First step -- Find the right tool to open the pumpkin. After cutting a few open with various knives, I tried the drywall saw shown here.
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Scoop the seeds out at this point. If you scrape them into a pile using the hand you can leave behind most of the gooey stuff.
Place the seeds in a collander and rinse. Lay them out on a cookie sheet and let them dry for a couple of days. They can be planted for next years' crop,
or you can bake them for a snack.
Saw up the halves into 2-inch wide slices, then remove the gooey stuff with a sharp knife.
In the pot with about 2 inches of water and a trivet under to prevent burning. Bring to boil and then Cook on low heat for about 3-4 hours. Cool before the next step.
Peel the cooled pumpkin slices.
Pumpkin slices ready to blend
Mix until smooth
Place blended pumkin in a collander and let it stand over night to drain away the liquid.
Then put in freezer bags. 3 cups of pumpkin makes two pies.
This fall we made 29 pies with 6 kids helping.
They were DELICIOUS ! ! ! ! ! !
