What you didn't know about the pumpkin, but I always wanted to ask

Pumpkin is a vegetable remarkable in every way: beautiful, useful and delicious. Bought one pumpkin (kg five or six) and enjoy! Material for culinary experiments will be ebough.


Moreover, this vegetable is almost universal: and snacks you can prepare the soup, main dish, and dessert. However, as we approach the matter, it is necessary to know some details.





Rules dealing with pumpkin


1. Before use, the pumpkin should be cut, and clean out the seeds and remove the skin.




2. The summer varieties of pumpkins more tender skin and flesh than in winter.




3. Winter varieties of pumpkins have thicker skin and therefore can be stored without loss of taste for several months in dry, protected from the cold, but well ventilated basements and cellars.




4. For storage you need to choose a pumpkin medium size, without damage and rot.




5. After cooking the pumpkin need to drain so that it does not become watery.




6. Pumpkin can be eaten in raw form: it is well absorbed by the body. However, for these purposes fit young and tender fruits.




7. Dried pumpkin seeds can be put instead of almonds in the dough for biscuits and cakes.




8. Pumpkin and its juice contribute to the excretion of sodium salt and toxins, as they have diuretic, choleretic and laxative effect.

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