bran Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Hi there! I was just wondering if anyone has any great recipes that they would like to share involving pumpkins, since we seem to be surrounded by them. I was just wondering how your grey's like them prepared?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikachu Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 I'm boring...I just put in on top of her oatmeal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katana600 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 I serve the cooked kind, mushy, mixed with the bean and grain "Soak and Simmer" so I am boring too. The funny thing though, our family recently adopted a five week old abandoned calico kitty with a missing tail and my daughter named her Pumpkin. That Pumpkin is not boring, but Gilbert would NOT want any part of that kind of serving. LOL. Back to the food groups though. I did get several of the pie pumpkins and cooked them combined with a couple of winter squash varieties and put away 14 cups in the freezer. I roast the different squash or sweet potatoes and share those with Gilbert and let him eat the seeds raw, it hasn't impressed him much but he is an older rehomed fellow and we have had him just over six months and veggies have to be snuck in with his beans on occasion because we haven't been able to find any that he will accept gracefully. I will watch your thread though, someone might come up with a great recipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenabrd Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 can you serve the pumpkin raw or if it must be cooked, does is have to be thorough like with beans? also, can other squash and the seeds be served raw? currently i bake any squash and their seeds, thoroughly, for the girls. they're not very thrilled with it like this and was wondering so i can try these in a less mushy way, lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 (edited) I purchase the mini pumpkins, scrub them good and let dayo and jake just go to town on them. Raw pumpkins are fine. Also, both LOVE pumpkin pie! Edited October 25, 2011 by danmcq Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenabrd Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 thanks danmcq!!! i've searched on line and it's about a 50-50 split in opinion on that!!! after trying for a few years, i finally got a pumpkin to make it to harvest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 At Halloween time, I get each of my parrots a mini-pumpkin and divide one among them. So each week for 3 weeks, they get raw pumpkin to eat and scatter all over the bird room. Such fun for them, BIG MESS for me!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikachu Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 At Halloween time, I get each of my parrots a mini-pumpkin and divide one among them. So each week for 3 weeks, they get raw pumpkin to eat and scatter all over the bird room. Such fun for them, BIG MESS for me!! So, does that mean that you give them a whole mini pumpkin? Stem, seeds & all? And they dig into it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 They get a third of a mini-pumpkin and yes the seeds and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikachu Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Okay, so you cut it into thirds. I was wondering if they chewed into the rind. Can you do this with any squash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bran Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 Okay, so you cut it into thirds. I was wondering if they chewed into the rind.Can you do this with any squash? I bet you could do it with squash!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 I also give my parrots raw squash and other vegetables. At least once/twice a week all their veggies are raw, carrots, radishes, zucchini squash, etc. They love fresh snap peas. No one cooks for them in the wild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikachu Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 I also give my parrots raw squash and other vegetables. At least once/twice a week all their veggies are raw, carrots, radishes, zucchini squash, etc. They love fresh snap peas. No one cooks for them in the wild. Yep! Raw is the way mine gets her veggies! Thanks to both of you for the info. Our local grocery has a sale on all sorts of squash. Can't wait to try it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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