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Article: THIS PUMPKIN MAKES A FINE POT OF BEEF STEW
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 5, 2005
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Some varieties of pumpkin not the ones you carve and set on the
doorstep can be used as a stewpot. The eating pumpkins go by the
names "cheese pumpkin" and "sugar pumpkin." Using one of these bright
orange rounds means that the pot becomes part of the meal. In this
dish, a beef stew infuses the orange flesh with aromatic spices, and
when it's time to ladle the stew onto plates, wedges of the vegetable
go beside the meat.
An 8-pound cheese pumpkin can hold enough stew for a table of
eight. This is an ideal dish for a weekend evening, after a day of
apple picking or leaf raking. Both pumpkin and stew are partially
cooked before the orange orb becomes the pot. You can do this initial
cooking ...