http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2011/10/21/health-and-family/food-recipes/pearl-couscous-roasted-pumpkin-medjool-dates.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pearl-couscous-roasted-pumpkin-medjool-dates Home of The Saturday Evening Post Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:02:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2011/10/21/health-and-family/food-recipes/pearl-couscous-roasted-pumpkin-medjool-dates.html/comment-page-1#comment-171024 Corey Michael Dalton Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:38:23 +0000 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/?p=41444#comment-171024 Hi, Carl. You’re right—not all pumpkins are designed to be eaten. Those big, ole field pumpkins that you find in front of stores in the fall are specifically bred to be carved as jack-o’-lanterns; they’re just too hollow and stringy to yield much food. If you’re going to roast a pumpkin (either to make a pie or something more savory like the couscous recipe above), you’ll want to get a baking pumpkin from the produce department. They will be smaller than the field pumpkins (although not as small as those tiny, hard, decorative ones that people sit around their houses for months). One type that is good for eating is called a sugar pumpkin. If you have trouble finding the baking pumpkins at your local market, just ask the friendly grocers there, and I’m sure they’ll be happy to steer you in the right direction!

]]> http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2011/10/21/health-and-family/food-recipes/pearl-couscous-roasted-pumpkin-medjool-dates.html/comment-page-1#comment-170490 Carl Peter Sun, 23 Oct 2011 14:53:05 +0000 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/?p=41444#comment-170490 I have been told that not all the pumpkins grown for Jack-o-Lantern carving are suitable for using as food. Is this true? And if so, how do you know which are edible and which should not be used for cooking or baking?? Thank you.

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