Hungerford allotment blog - grow your own, harvesting and vegetarian cooking. Enjoying allotment wildlife, weather and other things that catch my attention.
Enjoying time on the Marsh Lane Allotment site in Hungerford, Berkshire.
A record of successes, failures and a handy reminder for me.
From 2017 each post title brings a song to add a little extra music to the world - enjoy!
We didn't have to look far yesterday, this is our front window. Torrential downpours in between drizzle was all we had for most of the day.
We were so pleased that it stayed away during the evening while we were at Newbury Racecourse for the fireworks - what a great display! The beginning was particularly amazing with the loudest bangs I've ever heard - it made the ground shake - and the soundtrack for the evening was the ending of the First World War 100 years ago today, so there were lots of red fireworks to represent poppies - it was actually really good (much better than this photo).
Today, Jamie is feeling very painful because of the Twister fairground ride that we went on last night - he was in the seat that gets crushed and has bruised his ribs (or maybe cracked one, as he heard a 'pop' - eurgh). So while he's resting up I made some pumpkin soup. I'm sorry to say that last week's roasted Crown Prince soup went in the bin - it was vile! So I didn't roast the pumpkin today.
And I peeled most of the skin off as this type of pumpkin tends to have rather hard skin. I fried two shallots with turmeric, paprika, cumin and a bit of curry powder, then added the pumpkin and some stock.
Mmm, that smelt so delicious
While that was simmering, I mixed up the pumpkin seeds in a bag with melted butter, salt and smoked paprika before putting in the oven on 150 for 45 minutes.
I decided to sieve the soup after I'd blitzed it, there were still some bits of skin which seemed a bit hard, and now it's a delicious smooth pumpkin curry soup. And more than half a pumpkin left...
The songtitle is by Unkle - it's part of the soundtrack to a Danish TV series we watched recently, The Rain. Tonight I'm off to the ballet to see Swan Lake, with my sister - my first ever ballet! I'm looking forward to it.
I had pumpkin and chestnut casserole with a huge garlic clove in it last night. So delicious and so simple to pop in the oven. I will definitely be having that again in the next few days!
What a shame your roast pumpkin didn't work, Crown Prince is usually delicious. Your soup looks delicious, a touch of cumin works wonders - and I love roasted pumpkin seeds, it feels great to use every scrap of home grown veg.
Today, Jamie is feeling very painful because of the Twister fairground ride that we went on last night - he was in the seat that gets crushed and has bruised his ribs (or maybe cracked one, as he heard a 'pop' - eurgh). So while he's resting up I made some pumpkin soup. I'm sorry to say that last week's roasted Crown Prince soup went in the bin - it was vile! So I didn't roast the pumpkin today.
And I peeled most of the skin off as this type of pumpkin tends to have rather hard skin. I fried two shallots with turmeric, paprika, cumin and a bit of curry powder, then added the pumpkin and some stock.
While that was simmering, I mixed up the pumpkin seeds in a bag with melted butter, salt and smoked paprika before putting in the oven on 150 for 45 minutes.
I decided to sieve the soup after I'd blitzed it, there were still some bits of skin which seemed a bit hard, and now it's a delicious smooth pumpkin curry soup. And more than half a pumpkin left...
The songtitle is by Unkle - it's part of the soundtrack to a Danish TV series we watched recently, The Rain. Tonight I'm off to the ballet to see Swan Lake, with my sister - my first ever ballet! I'm looking forward to it.
Have a lovely time at the ballet. Soup sounds good. In Leicester I had pumpkin and chestnut soup which was a very delicious mix.
ReplyDeleteOoh, I have some chestnuts waiting to be used - perhaps I can concoct something other than soup with those two ingredients to use up the pumpkin
DeleteI had pumpkin and chestnut casserole with a huge garlic clove in it last night. So delicious and so simple to pop in the oven. I will definitely be having that again in the next few days!
DeleteOh... I love roasted pumpkin seeds. so delicious!
ReplyDeleteThey are such a tasty snack!
DeleteI wonder what went wrong with the Crown Prince
ReplyDeleteI blame the chef - too much oil in the roasting pan. BleAH
DeleteFireworks and soup sound great. Whatever were you doing on a fairground ride???? Hope Jamie's rib mends quickly.
ReplyDeleteIt was a lot of fun - as was the fairground ride, until the pop!
DeleteWhat a shame your roast pumpkin didn't work, Crown Prince is usually delicious. Your soup looks delicious, a touch of cumin works wonders - and I love roasted pumpkin seeds, it feels great to use every scrap of home grown veg.
ReplyDeleteI know, very disappointing, but there's another Crown Prince in storage, so I'll be more careful with cooking that!
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