November 8, 2022

"Pumpkin" pie

We were driving through our old neighborhood and saw these for sale at one of the little stores in someone's house. 



There were two, but I said I wanted three, so the lady went around to the side of her house and grabbed another one that had just been cut from her vine! Now we can have "pumpkin" pie for Thanksgiving! So happy! I'll cook them now and put the mashed squash in the freezer, then I'll thaw it when I'm ready to make the pie. I found out this separates a lot of the water from the squash when thawing, making a less watery pie. I also have to beat it a lot with a hand mixer to break up the tough fibers and make it more like canned pumpkin. Yummy!