The ugly, retarded pumpkin

[threemeninaboat]

I found an odd heirloom pumpkin. He only developed one side, the other was flat, about the size of a normal pie pumpkin (~5 cups chopped). He was pinkey brown tan with shades of pea green. I bought him because he looked so odd. Today, I noticed he began to get mottled brown spots, like an old man. Time to eat him.

I sliced him open and he smelled like a musk melon, the sugars oozed out his slices. The sweetest pumpkin I've ever smelled. The pulp was dark red-orange, but the flesh was very soft and a pinky yellow.

He's going into a pumpkin apple curry soup, and I'm freezing the other half. It smells amazing.

His developed side had some great seeds, so I'm saving them to plant in the spring.

You did good little guy. I hope your children grow just as strange and sweet.

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Here's a neat website about rare pumpkins:
http://rareseeds.com/seeds/Squash-Winter

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[manintheboat.livejournal.com]

I'll start all three plants (in january) and see what we get!