Iyo yepungu ndeyemhuri yeCucurbitaceae, iyo inosanganisirawo matope, squash namavheti. Izwi rinobva pashoko rechiGiriki rokuti pepôn , rinoreva "kubikwa nezuva." Iyo dzungu inogona kunge yakaberekerwa kuAmerica, kunyanya Central America, uye yakakura zvakanyanya neVanhu veAmerica apo vatongi vekutanga vakagara. VaMamerica vekuAmerica vakashandisa zvakanaka yepungu - vaikanya kana kubika, vakaita soda kubva mairi, uye vakashandisa zvakaoma, pasi pasi muchingwa uye puddings, zvakadai sezviyo.
Vakashumira paPilgrim 'yechipiri yekutenda muna 1623, pie yembungu ichiri chimwe chezvokudya zvekunakidzwa kwenyika, uye iyo inokosha yekutenda mutambo mabiko munyika yose.
Kunyange zvazvo makateji emaginha inowanzoshandiswa kumuchengetedza masukirwe nemaspiti gore rose, mushonga wakagadzirwa wakagadzirwa unogona kucheneswa uye uchishandiswa mune chero mapepa anodana pungu. Zviduku mapundu, sehuga mapundu, anonyanya kukoka, achipa nyama inotapira uye ine nyoro kupfuura mapundu makuru kwazvo.
Nzira Yokugadzirira uye Kusunungura Fresh Pumpkin
Pumpkin pured ndiyo nzira yakanakisisa yekuchengetedza tsvina itsva, uye inogona kunge yakaoma mazamu.
To Steam: Halve pumpkin; bvisa mbeu, mashizha, uye chikamu chikamu. Dzvitsa muzvidimbu zviduku uye peel. Isa munzvimbo inotyisa kana kuti metal colander iyo inokodzera muhari yakavharwa. Isa pamusoro pemvura inodzika, kufukidza uye kuvhara kwemaminitsi anenge makumi mashanu, kana kusvika tete. Mash, purée mu blender kana zvokudya processor kana kuisa muchero wekudya.
Shandisa mune chero mapeji achitsvaga purkin purée.
Kubika: Itai hove; bvisa mbeu, mashizha, uye chikamu chikamu. Dzvitsa muzvidimbu zviduku uye peel. Dhavhara nemvura isina mvura yakanyorowa uye wiraya kwemaminitsi makumi maviri nemashanu, kana kusvika kusvikira mutete. Mash, purée mu blender kana zvokudya processor kana kuisa muchero wekudya. Shandisa mune chero mapeji achitsvaga purkin purée.
Kuti usvike, kapu yakavhenekera, yakasvikwa mukati mehuni mumiti yefriji, ichisiya 1/2-inch headpace. Kusunungura kwemwedzi inoverengeka, uye svetera mufiriji usiku humwe usati watanga.
A 5-pound pumpkin inobereka zvinokwana 4 1/2 makapu emashed, yakagadzirirwa pumpkin. Imwe inogona yepungu, mashizha 15 kusvika ku16, inobereka zvinokwana 2 makapu emukati.
Kurya Mbeu dzeMapumpu
Mbeu yepumpkin, iyo inozivikanwawo se pepitas , inogona kubikwa uye inosaswa pamashizha nemashupa, zvakasanganiswa muzvinhu zvakabikwa kana kudyiwa sechinhu chisina kunaka. Mushure mokubudisa mbeu, gara mu colander uye musuke kwazvo, kubvisa chero mapurpa. Isa pane bhokiti kuti uome (usashandise mapepa mapepa sezvo mbeu dzichanyima). Nzira inokurumidza kuoma mbeu ndeyokuisa mbeu pane imwe yehuta yehuki uye kuisa muvheni 300 F kwemaminitsi makumi matatu. Zvadaro, inokanda mbeu nemafuta emuorivhi nemunyu (uye chero ipi zvayo yaunenge uchida) uye kudzokera kuvevheni kugadzira kwemaminitsi makumi maviri.