Pumpkin Seeds

Pumpkin Seeds

Pumpkin seeds are completely cool. You carve a pumpkin and then the stuff that is left over tastes good. Imagine if everything in life was like that. If you dig a hole you don’t get to eat the dirt. If you re-roof your house, you don’t snack on the leftover shingles. After you carve a pumpkin, you do get to eat the pumpkin seeds. You just have to roast them first. It is easy.

What you need
1. An oven
2. A baking sheet
3. Melted Butter
4. Seeds
5. Salt
6. Seasoning (optional)

Here is how to do it.
1. Do a mediocre job of separating the goo and guts from the actual seeds. Don’t rinse them or they won’t taste as good.
2. Add salt to the seeds. I suggest 1 teaspoon for every 2 cups of seeds.
3. Add the melted butter. I use 1 tablespoon.
4. Mix the salt (and/or seasonings), melted butter and seeds and then spread them on the baking sheet.
5. Roast them at 300 degrees for about 30 minutes. Stir them halfway through.
6. Take them out and eat them.

Seasoning Ideas:
Sweet and Spicy: quarter cup sugar, 1 teaspoon salt and half teaspoon cayenne pepper.
Curry: 1 tablespoon curry powder, 1 teaspoon salt
Spicy Garlic: 1 tablespoon garlic powder, 1 teaspoon salt, half teaspoon cayenne pepper
Southwest: 2 teaspoons cumin, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, 1 teaspoon salt, half teaspoon cayenne pepper

Pumpkin Seed Eating Facts:
1. Some types of pumpkin seeds have less husk than others.
2. You can eat the whole seed, husk and all. Don’t worry.
3. 50 grams of seeds has 5 grams of dietary fiber. That will keep you regular.
4. Pumpkin seeds are also said to be good for Gout, Prostate Health and are supposedly an aphrodesiac.
5. Both German and Bulgarian folk medicines say that eating pumpkin seeds prevents impotence.
6. Roasted pumpkin seeds will keep for about a week in the fridge.

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