Hollowing whole pumpkin

[HayleyB]

I have just spent ages, 4 different knives and bent a spoon while hollowing a whole pumpkin so DD can make a Hallowe'en face thingy. After about half an hour..........

Inspiration...........

Ice Cream scoop - wow

I apologise if it's common knowledge but I am still only learning

Anyway for anyone else who is as unknowledgeable as me, the best technique is to hold pump on side and scrape scoop downwards like a mouse in a wheel, all other techniques involve effort.

Now have enough for two batches of pumpkin soup (one to freeze) and a pumpkin pie (friends to dinner tonight - fish pie in the middle )

[BrideXIII]

I have a nice stainless steel ice cream scoop for exactly this purpose every year.one of the fixed ones rather than with the 'release' mechanism.
I also noted in another thread you can stick your pumpkin in the microwave first to make it easier, not sure it would fit in mine though.

[shirlthegirl43]

One of my investments when we lived in the States was a full pumpkin carving kit makes easy work of it (once you have cut it's top off)

We put up the Halloween decorations today - if it is a clear night we will try to get a piccy to post.

[BrideXIII]

One of my investments when we lived in the States was a full pumpkin carving kit makes easy work of it (once you have cut it's top off)

We put up the Halloween decorations today - if it is a clear night we will try to get a piccy to post.

we won't do ours until the day itself, traditional in our family because it's my youngests birthday, will post pics of ours then.

[shirlthegirl43]

The forecast was so bad we decided to put the lights up while it was dry today. Madmax will be working all week so we ran the risk of not getting the house ready for our party on Friday. Now blowing a hooligan and chucking it down so no piccies tonight!

[coreopsis]

Leave the seeds for me please

[HayleyB]

Leave the seeds for me please

Oops sorry coreopsis they were toasted to go on top of the soup

[lynda66]

well as my pumpkins are still the size of a large apple, i'm guessing an ice cream scoop will be too big lol ....... but at least they are big enough for a tea light

[nelliegemini]

well as my pumpkins are still the size of a large apple, i'm guessing an ice cream scoop will be too big lol ....... but at least they are big enough for a tea light

Grapefruit spoon?

Mind you, I find my mothers old grapefruit knife wonderful for deseeding the little squashes.

[lynda66]

it's ok, i'm not doing them lol ....... son and his g/f will be over on halloween to do them..... anyone got any miracle growth formula that will work in 5 days??

[di]

it's ok, i'm not doing them lol ....... son and his g/f will be over on halloween to do them..... anyone got any miracle growth formula that will work in 5 days??

Asda??!!

[lynda66]

lol, that's cheating ..... i promised i'd grow them pumpkins ..... so they are flipping having them.

[HayleyB]

How about a bicycle pump

[lynda66]

How about a bicycle pump

ooooooo good plan ....... now to find someone wih a bike

[snakeshack]

for serious pumpkin carving pics + hints try extremepumpkins.com
carved the pukin pumpkin tonight with my cub pack we used the ice cream scoop too,after cutting round the top with an old hacksaw blade