I baked 3 more neck pumpkins yesterday morning (for a total of 5). That gave us four quarts of pumpkin total for the freezer, plus the roasted seeds, plus what I used for the pumpkin bars and the pumpkin yeast crescrent rolls for the freezer. I made the rolls yesterday and we had a few with our leftover vegetable soup for a quick dinner last night.
I like baking with pumpkin. Here are the rolls after I finished shaping them. I am not the world's best baker by any stretch, but they're not too bad. (Pardon the fingerprints on my stove...I'm not a neat baker either.)
Cooling on the racks on the kitchen table.
So....last night we went to Lowe's for a junction box to install the new light over the sink. And while we're down that way, I mentioned that I needed some Sip for the cats and I might as well get the stuff I need to make Mom's Chow Chow for her today. She asked me for it over a month ago, but I simply haven't had time to make it for her.
And what do we find at Giant? Pumpkin! Lots and lots of canned pumpkin. I give up. I bought three small cans, just to be on the safe side. We do use a lot of pumpkin in all kinds of dishes, so it will get used. But geez....after I baked pumpkin...now we can find it. That figures.
I also made some Freezer Cabbage yesterday. It's like Pickled Cabbage (which we really like), but you can put it in the freezer. Got five quarts of cabbage and I'll give some of that to Mom.
So this morning, I'm going to work on making that Chow Chow for her. Then I'm putting the canners away until next year.
I like baking with pumpkin. Here are the rolls after I finished shaping them. I am not the world's best baker by any stretch, but they're not too bad. (Pardon the fingerprints on my stove...I'm not a neat baker either.)
Cooling on the racks on the kitchen table.
So....last night we went to Lowe's for a junction box to install the new light over the sink. And while we're down that way, I mentioned that I needed some Sip for the cats and I might as well get the stuff I need to make Mom's Chow Chow for her today. She asked me for it over a month ago, but I simply haven't had time to make it for her.
And what do we find at Giant? Pumpkin! Lots and lots of canned pumpkin. I give up. I bought three small cans, just to be on the safe side. We do use a lot of pumpkin in all kinds of dishes, so it will get used. But geez....after I baked pumpkin...now we can find it. That figures.
I also made some Freezer Cabbage yesterday. It's like Pickled Cabbage (which we really like), but you can put it in the freezer. Got five quarts of cabbage and I'll give some of that to Mom.
So this morning, I'm going to work on making that Chow Chow for her. Then I'm putting the canners away until next year.