punkin juice?

[Zaphirah]

I have a beautiful little sugar pumpkin on my window. I *was* going to make pumpkin bread out of it. Then I started to wonder if you can juice a pumpkin and if so, what does it taste like? Do you get enough juice out of it to go thru all the trouble? I *would* experiment on my own-but i have only ONE of these preciouses and live more than 10 miles from the nearest store, so I'd rather not waste it!

[Aleesha Sattva]

no idea at all. it's kinda dry... but then so are beets and carrots and you get juice from them. sorry... you may have to sacrifice it to find out!

[Zaphirah]

WAAAAAH! (j/k) :p

[Aleesha Sattva]

*giggling*

[levamssg]

so - did you juice it?
Yesterday, I took a chunk of sugar pumpkin and homoginized it through the greenstar along with a few dates. I sprinkled some cinnamon on the mixture -- it tasted like pumpkin pie filling. Was good just like that as a "pudding" --- then took some of it and made little cookies. Dehydrated them for a day -- they were very tasty.

Haven't tried juicing pumpkin tho .... just curious to see if you tried it and what it tasted like. :)

[ArcturusXIV]

Experimentation is not fun. :P

[Zaphirah]

I haven't done it yet. I'm a chicken. lol! Actually I haven't had enough time. (busy with school, kids, sports, etc.) Tomorrow looks like I might have a few free minutes. LOL!

[Shels]

If you want a "traditional" (read: cooked) pumpkin taste, I would recommend dehydrating it before you do anything with it, otherwise it is very starchy.

[Zaphirah]

I juiced it yesterday. It was okay. I have used it before w/the dehydrator and made pumpkin bread last year. Juicing it was not too yummy. Well it didn't taste pumpkin-y. Just kinda "green".