Anyone out there ever dry pumpkin... - Page 2

hikingonthru · November 4th, 2009, 07:50 PM

Scoop them out well, slice into rings and hang on hardwood rods to dry. Not too hard. And pretty fast. A wondow fan blowing on low over them will help keep bugs out and speed the drying process.

Fruit leather sounds fun...but lotsa work.

With dry fruits and veggies, I have put them in the spice grinder and powder them up to use almost as a spice. A mix of powdered apple and pumpkin with a pinch of nutmeg sounds like it would go good in some Christmas morning oatmeal! Or dusted onto some warm egg flip made with an old fashioned flip iron! Mmmmm

bunkie · November 5th, 2009, 09:08 AM

yes ss. raw. i read about how the Indians used to do it, and i think Carla Emery mentions the same idea in her book.

lorna, it is very brittle, completely dry.

Painted Goat · November 5th, 2009, 09:12 AM

Thank you for this thread! Now that we've had to downsize our living space I can't store as many big squash and this is such a great space saving idea. You guys amaze me

pepperhead212 · November 5th, 2009, 11:25 PM

Thanks for all the input! I will wait until I am finished drying peppers to do this, so I can use the entire dehydrator, and probably dig out that old dehydrator I got to start out. Still helps when I have so much it won't fit in the big one!

adgjoan · November 7th, 2009, 05:38 AM

Is it very tasty to eat the dried pumpkin as a snack? Like pumpkin chips.

Joan

bunkie · November 7th, 2009, 10:11 AM

yes adgjoan! you have to slice them very very thin and one can spice them up. they're a little bland plain.

TastyofHasty · November 13th, 2009, 08:59 PM

Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden is online; here's the section on squashes, a little ways down she says how they dried them:
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/wom.../garden.html#V

November 4th, 2009, 07:50 PM	#11
hikingonthru Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: SC Posts: 2,372	Re: Anyone out there ever dry pumpkin... Scoop them out well, slice into rings and hang on hardwood rods to dry. Not too hard. And pretty fast. A wondow fan blowing on low over them will help keep bugs out and speed the drying process. Fruit leather sounds fun...but lotsa work. With dry fruits and veggies, I have put them in the spice grinder and powder them up to use almost as a spice. A mix of powdered apple and pumpkin with a pinch of nutmeg sounds like it would go good in some Christmas morning oatmeal! Or dusted onto some warm egg flip made with an old fashioned flip iron! Mmmmm __________________ "We are no longer in a battle of political ideologies; we are in a battle for survival." - Ms. Hill, homemaker and mother of 3; Anderson County Tea Party, July 10, 2009 For my dear friend Michaela & her dear friend - "Being a male is a matter of birth, being a Man is a matter of choice."

November 5th, 2009, 09:08 AM	#12
bunkie Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: eastern washington USDA Zone: 5b Posts: 6,553	Re: Anyone out there ever dry pumpkin... yes ss. raw. i read about how the Indians used to do it, and i think Carla Emery mentions the same idea in her book. lorna, it is very brittle, completely dry.

November 5th, 2009, 09:12 AM	#13
Painted Goat Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Illinois USDA Zone: 6a Posts: 1,596	Re: Anyone out there ever dry pumpkin... Thank you for this thread! Now that we've had to downsize our living space I can't store as many big squash and this is such a great space saving idea. You guys amaze me __________________ Why be difficult, when, with a little more effort, you can be bloody impossible? -borrowed from a brilliant mind

November 5th, 2009, 11:25 PM	#14
pepperhead212 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Woodbury, NJ Zone 6B Posts: 603	Re: Anyone out there ever dry pumpkin... Thanks for all the input! I will wait until I am finished drying peppers to do this, so I can use the entire dehydrator, and probably dig out that old dehydrator I got to start out. Still helps when I have so much it won't fit in the big one! __________________ Dave - in Woodbury NJ zone 6B

November 7th, 2009, 05:38 AM	#15
adgjoan Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 USDA Zone: 6a Posts: 15	Re: Anyone out there ever dry pumpkin... Is it very tasty to eat the dried pumpkin as a snack? Like pumpkin chips. Joan

November 7th, 2009, 10:11 AM	#16
bunkie Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: eastern washington USDA Zone: 5b Posts: 6,553	Re: Anyone out there ever dry pumpkin... yes adgjoan! you have to slice them very very thin and one can spice them up. they're a little bland plain.

November 13th, 2009, 08:59 PM	#17
TastyofHasty Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NW Arkansas "newzone7" USDA Zone: 6b Posts: 4,518	Re: Anyone out there ever dry pumpkin... Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden is online; here's the section on squashes, a little ways down she says how they dried them: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/wom.../garden.html#V __________________ Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things noble, whatever things just, whatever things pure, whatever things lovely, whatever things of good report, if any virtue and if anything praiseworthy -- meditate on these things.