Can't stomach pumpkin flavor. How can I make it edible? [closed]

Never been able to eat pumpkin really, I think it's a combination of it being mushy (texture) and sweet (but not in a good way sweet). My mom mostly used to make it without drying it out much, it was still pretty moist. Didn't like pumpkin in cakes either.

Is there a way to balance those flavors and textures and make it work?

I only recently started to experiment with various types of winter squash. Tried acorn yesterday and it was pretty good, mainly when sliced thinly and roasted (savory). I'm going to try the same with pumpkin (sliced thinly) but not raising my hopes too high. I wonder how I could incorporate acids in there and if they would help.

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Best Answer

The pumpkins I grow only go mushy if cooked in water or microwaved , so I suggest cooking them without water, but with oil.

Diced fairly small and fried in hot oil with spices is a good way to start a tagine, curry, or chilli. You want even browning before adding liquid. The chilli I make then gets cooked slowly, and the pieces might go a bit soft for you, but any tasty recipe that fries pumpkin then just warms through sauce ingredients is worth a try.

Roasting is also a possibility, well seasoned, but leave it too long and you might not like it again. I'd be tempted to try a similar seasoning to what I use on sweet potato wedges - smoked paprika, cumin, herbs, black pepper and fine polenta to give a bit of crispness on the surface.

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How do you eat canned pumpkin?

6 Genius Ways to Use Canned Pumpkin:

To yogurt.

To oatmeal.

To pancakes , waffles, crepes.

To toast with a drizzle of honey.

To legume dishes, such as lentils, chickpeas or black beans.

To sour cream (for soups and tacos)

To curry, soups, chili, or stew.

Are all pumpkins edible?

You can eat all of the pumpkin - except for its stalk. Smaller varieties such as onion squash have deliciously edible skin, the skin of larger varieties may be too tough to eat or less than appealing. For types such as the butternut squash, whether you eat the skin or not is down to personal taste.

What does pumpkin taste like?

What does pumpkin taste like? Pumpkin has a unique taste. It tastes somewhat like a sweet potato when cooked, but it brings out its natural nutty flavor when dried out in the oven or on the stovetop and roasted/spiced up.

How do you use a green pumpkin?

Even green flesh can be used in soups and stews \u2013 just make sure to spice it up. Flavors like Indian and Szechuan can go a long way to embellishing the green fruit. Eating green pumpkins in pie is not recommended, as there aren't enough sugars built up in the fruit. Plus, your pumpkin pie will be a sickly color.

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