Excess pumpkin - storage and usage

[Guest guest]

> Does anyone know how I can store these? Can they be

> blanched and then frozen, or even just chopped into

> cubes and frozen from raw?

Or you can cook it, pulp it and freeze it or can it, or you can slice

it and dry it, or or or...pumpkin is easy to put up, just about any

method works.

Lynn S.

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[Guest guest]

I have a lot of excess winter squash in my basement right now and have stored

squash like for some time now. Some are on the basement floor, others on boxes,

etc. Just check them often for soft areas or weeping! Blue Hubbards last the

longest by far. Pumpkins can last a while, but I don't think I have had one

that lasts right through the winter like the hubbards have. I guess it would

depend, though, on the cultivar and how they were treated on their way out of

the field. Any blemishes or if they were dropped they will start rotting

faster. I grew Cheese pumpkins for the first time this year and they had

blemishes on the fruit. Not sure if it was from a virus or slugs or what. But,

they have not lasted in storage very long. So, I took the ones that were still

good and baked some, cubed and boiled some, and stuck it all in the freezer for

use in soups, stews, casseroles, etc. over the winter. My hubbards, long pie

pumpkins, and some smaller squash are still doing well.

Vivian

[Guest guest]

How about fermenting pumpkin?

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From: Vivian Kooken [mailto:vslk@...]

Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 7:50 AM

Subject: Excess pumpkin - storage and usage

* I have a lot of excess winter squash in my basement right now and

have stored squash like for some time now. Some are on the basement floor,

others on boxes, etc. Just check them often for soft areas or weeping!

Blue Hubbards last the longest by far. Pumpkins can last a while, but I

don't think I have had one that lasts right through the winter like the

hubbards have. I guess it would depend, though, on the cultivar and how

they were treated on their way out of the field. Any blemishes or if they

were dropped they will start rotting faster. I grew Cheese pumpkins for the

first time this year and they had blemishes on the fruit. Not sure if it

was from a virus or slugs or what. But, they have not lasted in storage

very long. So, I took the ones that were still good and baked some, cubed

and boiled some, and stuck it all in the freezer for use in soups, stews,

casseroles, etc. over the winter. My hubbards, long pie pumpkins, and some

smaller squash are still doing well.

Vivian