Today Ingo takes over:
"Iris asked me to write a post about pumpkins.
OK, here it is: my grandma was able to cook a wonderful pumpkin head. One day I asked for the recipe. She said she doesn't know. Take water, sugar, vinegar until it tastes good.
Then add the pumpkin (yellow hundredweight) and bring to the boil briefly.
Add a stick or two of cinnamon and some nutmeg and you're done.
As a grandson, I added 500g of preserving sugar to the hot mass and pounded it into a jam with a tamper. In the meantime, Iris was in town and bought mason jars."
Yep, recipe by a man. 🤣
As I´m not much into sweets I put a slice of Tilsiter-cheese underneath - perfect combo.
I join Rain with also cups today, here is one I found in my parent´s house:
Maybe you know late children´s book author Janosch.
And with the bananas (Ingo takes one to work each day) I can join AJJ as well, don´t you think?
"The Trip To Panama" is my fav book of Janosch, you can listen (and see) to it in video below.
In
brief it´s about the two friends going on a trip to (their) Panama as
Little Bear found a crate with the name on it and it smelled
like bananas all over.
They take off to "the land of their dreams", meet new, nice "people" and ... guess where they end up (they were told to go left more than once):Feel free to pop in for FFO on Friday to see the tiger, if you like.
He works hard every night and many a morning now...
The title?
Ingo likes to make fun of words - in German pumpkin is "Kürbis" and Ingo sure called it "KörBiss" 🎃
Henry 🦁
We eat bananas there?! Or KörBiss?!
33 comments:
Never heard of pumpkin head.
Coffee is on and stay safe
Well, Ingo just meant a pumpkin :-)
Casually referred to as "head".
Pumpkin marmalade sounds good. Lovely cup drawing too.
Pumpkin jam/marmalade sounds pretty good. I don't think I would pound it into jam though, my shoulder would "die" from the pain. I would use a blender same as for my dried apricots and dried dates "jam".
(125g dried apricots, 60g pitted dates, chop them both up, half a cup hot water, simmer until thick and soft, whizz in blender until smooth.)
I use a little more water than they say, and since this has NO preservative it must be kept in the fridge and eaten within a week. I like it on toast.
I remember that book about Panama and where they ended up.
Christine, thank you :-)
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River, you´ll turn Ingo into a jam-maker, LOL.
He used the tool from his Grandma to mash the pumpkin. We still have and cherish it! We also have a blender, you might use that, it was a €10-cheapy. Uh-oh. Within a week?! It sits some weeks in the fridge already... thank you for the warning, I hope our senses tell us when it´s beyond good!
Pumpkin marmalade is new to me. Sounds interesting. I wonder what it taste like.
Sweet, but not too sweet. The cinnamon and nutmeg come beautifully through.
Luv the video story. And the art, some cute cups.
Happy Thursday Flavia
much💛love
Gillena, welcome and thank you! Happy Thursday to you, too!
...Ingo, you are a wizard in the kitchen.
Well done, Ingo. Makes me think of my dad who used to make grape jams and jellies. So I ran KörBiss through the German-English translator and got Basket Bite 🎃
Tom, great, now I have a coong-wizard :-)
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CJ - you found a translation to a fantasy word?! Wow. What translator do you use?! I´m very impressed!!! 🤣
Pumpkin marmalade, very interesting, Ingo is turning into a good cook :)
Well done Ingo. The pumpkin recipe sounds good. I have not heard of pumpkin marmalade but I sure would like it on some toast.
Nice cup and bananas! I just made banana bread the other day.
Sami, actually all the years Ingo was the only cook here ;-)
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Nicole, go for it, even I like it!
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Debra, I never had banana bread!
The Trip To Panama IS A New One On Me - Way Cool - Have A Fabulous Weekend
Cheers
Pumpkin jam would be new to me.
I never heard of pumpkin jam. Ingo is a quite the wizard when it comes to making jam.
Padre, thank you - tomorror fist is another tough work-day, but, yes, I look forward to the weekend and wish you a great one, too - cheers!
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William, it´s easy to make (I reckon - I was in the city getting the jars...)
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Bill, I´ll call him jam-wizard now ;-)
I have never heard of pumpkin jam either. I love pumpkin pie so would probably like it. Especially on a piece of cheese.
Cheese saves everything :-)
Ingo sounds like a wonderful chef! Funny how some people don't have a recipe and just add ingredients "to taste".
I always do, too :-)
Jamie Oliver was "my teacher"....
Jam is tasty on (mild)cheese from our neighbors, the Holland or Danish folks. Maybe our french friends enjoying on a slide of Camembert or Brie. But imagine jam on a "Harzer" cheese! I think nobody will even try this cheese, but I believe once done the difference sense come in mind. (Smelly, but if Iris tried years ago, its a wonderful cheese)This cheese satisfies almost all senses:You can smell him, taste him, touch him(smelly fingers) and even see him: With the days he (melted)runs away, no joke.
I just used the Google Translator
Interesting trip to Panama. I have been there a couple of times. Fortunately it didn't smell like bananas because I hate both the taste and the smell of bananas!
best... mae at maefood.blogspot.com
Pumpkin jam is new to me also. Maybe it is like pumpkin butter. How ever you make it, pumpkin is yummy. And thank you Iris for linking up your drawing to AJJ for Bleubeard's and Elizabeth's challenge. Hope all is well. Hugs-Erika
I love that you made pumpkin!!!!
So folks, yes.... in German cheese is male, LOL!
I think as a native it´s hard to refer to cheese as "it".
But it´s sure funny to read of "him".
Harzer cheese is yummy indeed and is also low in calories.
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CJ google really is clever then!
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Mae, oh, lucky you - for having been there and that it doesn´t smell of bananas "all"! over.
Care to share those trips?
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Erika, pumpkin butter sounds interesting, too! Reminds me I still have "self-pimped" butter in the freezer...
All well here, the stress goes on, but it´s good stress and we laugh a lot, tool -hugs
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Happy Whisk, nice to see you back :-)
I´m not a fan of pumpkin, but this is really yummy!
Hey Iris! ♥ I LOVE the idea of spreading the pumpkin jam on cheese! That must have made an excellent flavor combination!! Your cup is very sweet! ☺☺
Not sure you will even see this comment, Iris. Sorry to be late visiting. I've been very sick and have mostly stayed in bed. Thanks for sharing this lovely piece with us at Art Journal Journey using Bleubeard's and my theme.
Ingo's gran cooks like I cook. It's great -- till you try to pass on the recipe and then one is baffled. But experimentation is half of the fun. Loved everything in this post!
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