My fav is pumpkin pie baked from a (oh, my Goddess) PUMPKIN! No can necessary except for the evaporated milk (though you could be a purist and evaporate your own)... YUMYUMYUM!!!

I have the heritage red pumpkins sitting on my deck just waiting... Just waiting...

homemade soup

CJ,
HOW DID YOU GET RED PUMPKINS, AND ARE THEY BETTER TO COOOK WITH?
JAV

CJ, I want to know the same thing, Did you say they are Heritage? Is this an Heirloom variety? Which company did you purchase the seeds from? Is this variety denser than the Jack-o-lantern pumpkins? Have you tried the white pumpkins before? How do you preserve the pulp - freeze or dehydrate into pumpkin flour?

My favorite probably is to cook the turkey carcass down, and then make home made turkey soups.

The red pumpkins are a heritage or heirloom variety... The seeds came from Baker's Creek Seeds at www.rareseeds.com ... They sell only heirloom varieties of seeds and you can save seeds from year to year. In a good garden year, I always save my seeds for the following year. Unfortunately, this past year was a not so good garden year, so I'll be starting fresh again next year.

I'll know soon enough, Leanna, how dense the pumpkins are--I have 3 sitting on my front deck waiting to be baked! (then processed into pumpkin pie filling and pumpkin butter)

OH THAT SOUNDS SO GOOD, AND I CAN SMELL IT FROM HERE....HEHEHHEHEH

Is pumpkin butter like apple butter that you have with toast? It sounds good but I have never had it.

YES, pumpkin butter is just apple butter...

warm caramel apple pie..with nuts and homemade whipped cream.

Peach cobbler-OH, my God!!!

OMG you guys are going to think I'm a lush but my favorie TBO in this colder weather is Grand Marnier. Oh come, on it says right on the bottle...essence of wild tropical oranges....It's gotta be good for you!

Mooseyinn, sounds like a HEALTH FOOD to me! Think of all the Vitamin C it must have! I used to ask my favorite bartender after an evening of beverages (vodka and cranberry juice--also a HEALTH FOOD!) for a "Religious Experience"... Kevin alway knew that was a Frangelica... It's made by MONKS FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE!!! That just SCREAMS GOOD FOR YOU!!!

stuffing with cranberries in it.

MOOSELYNN-MY HUBBY LOVES GRAND MARNIER; I HAVEN'T HAD FRANGELICA FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS.

MY TBO IS CHEESECAKE