tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post5046466589664550631..comments2024-03-18T12:04:27.789-05:00Comments on A Home Grown Journal: Pumpkin (Squash) BarsMama Peahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-61463955752044873012010-10-29T19:09:58.056-05:002010-10-29T19:09:58.056-05:00Beth - I think you'll really like them. I hop...Beth - I think you'll really like them. I hope so anyway. ;o)<br /><br />Erin - I always plant pumpkins and squash by making a little mounded hill on the soil (maybe a foot in diameter and that high if I can rake the soil up). Then I plant 5-6 seeds around the top, and thin to the 2 strongest plants when they emerge.<br /><br />APG - Ah, raw cake batter. ;o) (I bet you have to be watched around raw cookie dough, too.)Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-32775293540459081112010-10-29T18:24:51.951-05:002010-10-29T18:24:51.951-05:00I like my bars/cakes juuuust slightly undercooked....I like my bars/cakes juuuust slightly undercooked. Kinda smushy! That's why I loved the idea of the honey in yours!The Apple Pie Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10340020795649093810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-19011857311474932302010-10-29T17:11:24.061-05:002010-10-29T17:11:24.061-05:00I'm sure it's me, the few I've planted...I'm sure it's me, the few I've planted I just threw out the seed and nothing happens, the vine grows for awhile then dies. No prep to the soil or anything since I don't put them in my raised beds. I think I may actually try harder next year for some little pie pumpkins, we really want our homegrown pumpkins to go into our Pumpkin Ale!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-56020627551181984532010-10-29T17:09:27.084-05:002010-10-29T17:09:27.084-05:00I'm going to try that substitution. Great idea...I'm going to try that substitution. Great idea.bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06968732077743225057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-53261659383100109692010-10-29T16:41:00.719-05:002010-10-29T16:41:00.719-05:00APG - I have trouble enjoying cakes (texture is ju...APG - I have trouble enjoying cakes (texture is just too dry) so I think that's why I like all that "stuff" in the Pumpkin Bar batter!<br /><br />Erin - I wonder why you can't grow pumpkins?? You sure have hot enough weather which is the usual cause for crop failure.<br /><br />Jane - Hey! That's me! I'm old but (I like to think) new again!<br /><br />Sue - You actually bother baking anything in a little 9" square pan?? ;o) (I do my brownie recipe in a 9" square pan, too.)Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-23957437803790976752010-10-29T16:14:31.042-05:002010-10-29T16:14:31.042-05:00I laughed so hard when I saw the photo with the HU...I laughed so hard when I saw the photo with the HUGE piece missing. Hubby??? If so, he has a twin in Michigan. When I make my brownies (in a 9" square pan), I put it on the counter and Don says "So , where is yours?". Meaning ONE brownie. Good thing common sense prevails and we get TWO brownies out of that whole pan!!!<br />:D<br />I believe this is why our love keeps "growing"!!!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122524042294993949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-54732524774368543312010-10-29T15:23:17.348-05:002010-10-29T15:23:17.348-05:00Back in the "old days" what was grown in...Back in the "old days" what was grown in this country would fall more in the squash category. Pumpkins are a more recent hybrid squash that was popularized by carving for Halloween. So Great-Grandma's pie really was squash. Mama Pea, your just bringing what was old, new again.Jane @ Hard Work Homesteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02905658082120445313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-76461846171377624162010-10-29T15:09:50.547-05:002010-10-29T15:09:50.547-05:00I may do this with pumpkin, I have oodles of those...I may do this with pumpkin, I have oodles of those large cans left over from last year's stash. Sadly, I can't seem to grow pumpkins and never got out to buy sugar or pie pumpkins to process this year.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-72069497889644906702010-10-29T15:04:23.025-05:002010-10-29T15:04:23.025-05:00Perfect! I had only one - 1C bag of pumpkin and w...Perfect! I had only one - 1C bag of pumpkin and was wondering what I would end up doing with it!<br /><br />Ok, next time I make bars, yours are up!!! Love the idea of the fruits in there too!The Apple Pie Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10340020795649093810noreply@blogger.com