a pumpkin related question

[ratcreature]

Can you freeze pureed pumpkin okay? Because buying a whole pumpkin is much cheaper than buying pumpkin segments per kilo, I now have to deal with something of a pumpkin surplus, and it would be convenient if it was possible to freeze it in manageable portions once I pureed it. Last year when I bought a whole pumpkin I just had two very much pumpkin-themed weeks, but this year I'm wondering whether I couldn't freeze some. (I don't use my freezer much beyond storing vegetables I bought frozen, so I have no experience with freezing fresh vegetables.) I like pumpkin pie, and also soup and such, but not necessarily all pumpkin all week, and you can't buy pureed pumpkin in cans here (at least I have yet to see it offered anywhere), so if it froze well, that would solve two problems.

Also, I need to dust more diligently (or at all really *embarrassed look*). I'm working on a painting and dust motes keep sticking to my wet paint. Yikes.

Comments

[grimmhill]

Yes, it freezes quite well. We feed small amounts to our cats as a source of fiber, and fixing one big batch is what we do, although we freeze it in ice cube trays so that the defrostable portions are more appropriate. For your purposes you could probable use freezer bags. Just make sure it freezes thoroughly in your freezer.

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[ratcreature]

Thanks!