Pumpkin Soup
Scrub outside of pumpkin well with soap and water and rinse very well. This is in case there have been sprays used.
With a very heavy knife on a heavy surface cut the pumpkin into chunks two to three inch squares (this after you have removed the seeds) Be careful, and this is a job for an adult.
Place these chucks in a large pot of water and cook until they can be tested with a fork as to being done.
Remove and allow the pumpkin to cool. After it is cool slip the skin off.
Peel potatoes as for potato soup and cook with a very large diced up onion. When potatoes and onion are done, add pumpkin. Season with butter, and salt. Serve in a large soup tureen, a special table cloth, large soup bowls, and a big deal as to, “pumpkin soup,” so the kids will remember.
And I still have the video of a very small girl carrying a very big pumpkin from the field rich with nourishing food.
Oh yes the seeds:
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Pumpkin Seed Tea
Boil the seeds. Allow them to cool. Place along with the liquid in a blender. After you whirl them pour through a very fine sieve and maybe even a cloth to strain.
Sweeten with honey and add some spices, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice.
Serve the pumpkin seed tea with the pumpkin soup.
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