#squashes

[weepingwidar]

Hyman Bloom (Latvian, 1913-2009) - Still Life with Squashes (1955)

[fionahogarth]

I didn't plan on making these pouches as I was going to make some with my sunflower print out of the offcuts of these napkins I made, but I found some of this old squash print fabric which I'd squirreled away and forgotten about and decided to work with that instead. I had enough to make two coin purses in each colour, plus a large and medium sized pouch.

I've already put all of these on Etsy for now with my other pieces here. I do have a couple of markets coming up in October so I'm hoping they'll sell well there.

I am going to try and start work on a new design idea soon, although I know that I'll need to print some more of my Christmas tea towels soon to be ahead of the markets I have lined up. Thankfully I do have plenty of cards and a few tea towels left from last year to work with as well so hopefully I'll end the year on a high in terms of sales.

[sialiasnest]

Trying out the squashes: Castillo squash, aka Cinderella pumpkin.

Huge monster squash to feed a village. I bought only 1/4 squash and I don't know what I will do with so much squash, but listen: this is the real deal. Pure pumpkiny goodness. Flavor is superb. Carmelizes beautifully in oven, and the juice it leaks onto the pan is amazing: use a deep dish to catch it, not a flat baking sheet, and don't let the juices scorch. Save and use them

Yes, it does switch from a cantaloupe-like raw texture to something stringy when roasted BUT the strings mash/puree easily into something silky.

I might try cooking down the puree to condense the flavor a bit for pie making: it's very juicy and wet and might need to be a little thicker to make a pie.

But the flavor is awesome and sweet.

I have my first pie in the oven and enough extra puree in the fridge to make several more . Very excited about this: after a couple weeks of squash tasting, this is the first one that cried out to be pie.

UPDATE: huge success. Delicious pie, very silky and creamy, wonderful pumpkin flavor. Definitely need to cook down the puree a bit more, but I have so much pumpkin, I can try several more times .

So very, very orange. Intense color.

Also rinsing out the blender yielded a very drinkable pumpkin juice. Wish I had a bit more of the carmelized pan drippings to go in it, but lesson learned for next time.

So happy with this one! Castillo for the win!

[sparkle-whale]

Various squashes

[justchui]

[uboacore]

Had the time of my life running between these crates of pumpkins and squashes in a haze of excitement

[auntmorphriska]

The harvest is done. I washed the plastic shelves and then I harvested the remaining squashes. I am TIRED. It’s a lot of vegetables to move by myself “OTL

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[mozaicstudio]

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