Thread: Baking Pumpkins...even the small ones?

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To all ambitious cooks,

I love to make a pumpkin bake for Halloween. I basically put ground beef or turkey, chopped onions and bell peppers, rice, cheese, and seasonings into a hollowed out pumpkin and bake it in the oven. Then I scoop out the pumpkin meat along with the rest of the filling. It tastes very similar to squash.

I recently got the idea to do individual pumpkins instead of a medium sized pumpkin. Has anyone every tried to cook the mini pumpkins? Any suggestions or tips? I did a quick search and couldn't find anything, but I may have missed it.

Thanks!

I just did a Google search and found this:

http://www.moscowfood.coop/archive/pumpkins.html

http://www.allfood.com/script/rec_d....d=102&catid=16

Great idea!!

A google search! So obvious...why didn't I think of that. Thanks! This is perfect.

The sugar/"mini"/"pie" pumpkins are actually the ones that are meant to be used as food. Carving pumpkins aren't bred for flavor or texture so they make terrible pies.