we eat a lot of pumpkin-like squashes, but their seeds aren't any good roasted, and our samhain pumpkin this year wasn't edible.
but husband went into town yesterday and to the bio shop, and they had an edible halloween-type pumpkin!
so now we can have pumpkin seeds and cakes and i'm really very excited about that :abunhdhappyhop: :Blobhaj_Pumpkin:
@moonrabbit Hurray! I look forward to fall and pumpkins every year so I can make this: https://www.thekitchn.com/dorie-greenspan-pumpkin-stuffed-with-everything-good-23242810. I made it last week with meat for the first time (it's delicious either way) and still have the washed seeds to roast sitting on my kitchen counter ready to be roasted. #food
@madgeface
ooh that looks interesting, ty! i wonder if/how we could fill it to make it nice, given my limited options. i'll send husband the link and see what he thinks ...
i am outlandishly excited about the seeds.
@moonrabbit yay 🥳
Lots of squash soup being consumed here :neocat_heart:
@Lyra_silvertail same same! we're even having some from the freezer today for our late lunch 😋
how are elodielyra things? :Blobhaj_Hug:
@moonrabbit always put a box of chunks in freezer for later!
elodielyra things = mostlyanxious
<1 week till all creatures have to pack up and drive to bcn
However she does have this silly cat to help
School is good, but the peopling is exhausting…..
How are laen things? Is your place warm enough? How are the kittenz?
:neocat_hug:
@Lyra_silvertail
silly cats are the best things :bunhdlurkaww: :blobbear_heart:
oh gods yes the peopling :blobcatscared:
will it be much more when elodie is there?
i hope the drive goes ok ... is there plenty of time to do it?
laenthings are a bit tricky, but i feel relatively chipper for some reason? i'm sure i'll be in tears tomorrow 😂
not warm here atm, but we're considering heating (for kitten if nothing else, as he Does Not Cope with cold, even with all the floof), so that should help. i'm all bundled up! :bunhdcomfyhappy:
@moonrabbit peopling levels should be fairly constant at least. Plus will be sunnier and warmer than DE (which is pretty bleak in winter)
Planned for two days of travel
Main thing is wife will get a break, and both get some headspace to work on the shit that there’s never time to focus on.
And will see if it’s somewhere that feels like home
🐉 :neocat_heart:
@Lyra_silvertail
i hope it all works out in the best possible way :Blobhaj_Heart_Rainbow: :blobrat_heart:
@moonrabbit I really love pumpkin seeds.
@purplepadma so much same. we have raw ones in our breakfasts every day, but they're nothing like freshly roasted fresh ones!
@moonrabbit :eariz_bun_yay: :Blobhaj_Pumpkin_Face:
Nov 5, 2026, 4:20 PM@cy could you make a tiny soup just for you?
@moonrabbit Are you sure about those other seeds? I roast seeds from butternut, acorn, and even delicata squashes and they're very nice. I coat them with melted butter and they take less cooking time but they can be very yummy. Fresh pumpkin is amazing though, and their seeds are a real treat.
@lydialurch
hmmm, now i'm not! i haven't tried butternut, but when i tried uchiki kuri (the pumpkinesque we most often have), it did not go well: the seeds are very thick ...
i'll (ask husband to) have a go with butternut next time we have one. (we use oil as i can't have butter, but it works v well with pumpkin-pumpkins)
tyvm!
@moonrabbit Yeah, thick hulls don't sound appetizing at all. Folk medicine uses them for gut parasites but not for yummies. 🤣
@lydialurch husband's always telling me i must have worms, so maybe i should cronch my way through them? 😂
@moonrabbit A worm is a pet you don't have to clean up after! 🐛
@lydialurch ok now i feel strangely protective of them ...
@moonrabbit You'll never be alone again. 🤣
@lydialurch like jesus, they've been with me all along 🤣
@moonrabbit Keeping you company from the inside out. You should give them a present!
@moonrabbit I do love pumpkin and squash. Can you have millet?
@Star12Mt hello! and maybe! i haven't had it for years and we can't find it gf here (always cross-contaminated). BUT i've seen that the spanish place where we get out gf dried beans has some, so i'll include it in our next order. and see if i can still eat it, or remember that i stopped eating it for another reason ... 😂
@moonrabbit When I couldn't eat much of anything else the thing that made me feel better was millet and squash or pumpkin congee.
It is just 6 cups of water, one cup of cubed pumpkin squash and 3/4 cup of millet. Parboil The squash for six minutes and then add the millet. Cover and let simmer for 40 minutes string every 10 minutes. Of course you can add more water to make it dinner and stir more to break it down more. We plan on making it soon.
@Star12Mt ooh that sounds so very comforting :bunhdcomfyhappy:
i'll remember for when we have millet, thank you!
@moonrabbit
yaaay pumpkin