Pumpkin Carving!

[alanywiseman.]

My mate gets into pumpkin carving and for this year he went for Bane

 

[Vossy1]

Quite reserved for you Wendy

 

[stevie1556]

This is only my 2nd ever pumpkin. Did my first one last year. Can't believe I did my first one at 29! Wish I got into it years ago.

 

[Wendy1971]

:lol: :lol: @ Vossy

 

[TRXnMe]

I think we might end up with some pumpkin wine, or cider, or beer or summat made from the bits I scrape out. I usually make pumpkin pie / pumpkin tart, but this year I'm going to ferment the stuff

Use a disposable fermenter, this stuff stains bright orange and makes it hard to see through. Easier to make up the wine then discard the fermenter than to try to wash out the sticky orange goo.

It does make a good wine though, especially with pumpkin pie spices in with the boil.

Chers for that, I'd have been cursing if I'd used one of my glass demi johns, whereas I've got half a dozen 5 litre PET bottles kicking about waitinng for something useful to do before being recycled :)

I don't suppose you've got a recipe handy? Save me looking one up... Also, if it comes recomended then I know it's a good recipe :)

 

[Asalpaws]

How do people get that semi translucent look? Do you just shave off some of the skin?

 

[Vossy1]

Which one (pumpkin) do you mean A :hmm:

 

[Moley]

Use a disposable fermenter, this stuff stains bright orange and makes it hard to see through. Easier to make up the wine then discard the fermenter than to try to wash out the sticky orange goo.

Cheers for that, I'd have been cursing if I'd used one of my glass demijohns, whereas I've got half a dozen 5 litre PET bottles kicking about waiting for something useful to do before being recycled

You won't stain a glass DJ, whatever you ferment inside it.

 

[Asalpaws]

The Bane and R2D2 pumpkins, I like yours as well Vossy a different take on it!

 

[DirtyCaner]

Heres the one me n Mrs DC did on Sunday night, it's our first one ever!

DC

 

[Asalpaws]

Good effort, those pupils must have been tricky. Mine are attracting plenty of fruit flies. Need to keep the little rascals out of my beer.

 

[rich27500]

Our efforts last night. SWMBO did the carving, I had to open them and scrape all the mush out, but then I recycled the cut out flesh to make really nice pumpkin soup. The recipe unsurprisingly coming from the worlds greatest cookbook "flash cooking for blokes"

 

[Baldbrewer]

Like the saints one :thumb:

 

[rich27500]

What else could we do with a green pumpkin?

 

[ScottM]

Back..

Front...

 

[DirtyCaner]

Nice collection Rich,

We also made our scooped out insides into soup, pumpkin, chilli and leek. It was a big pumpkin and after ending up with a gallon of soup the missus tried it and declared, " I don't think I like pumpkin soup!". Wish I'd made it into beer now!

 

[Baldbrewer]

Half term fun with kids!

 

[calumscott]

A few top tips from my facebook feed for the trick or treaters...

1. Chilli extract injected haribo
2. Toffee onions
3. (my favourite) Chocolate coated sprouts in fererro rocher wrappers

Bring it on! :lol:

 

[ScottM]

A few top tips from my facebook feed for the trick or treaters...

1. Chilli extract injected haribo
2. Toffee onions
3. (my favourite) Chocolate coated sprouts in fererro rocher wrappers

Bring it on! :lol:

Hahaha that's quality

Best of it is the stuff just gets chucked in the bag so theres no way of knowing where it came from

 

[Vossy1]

This years swimbo effort