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    [size=large]Does one get a reasonable amount of pumpkin seeds from one pumpkin and is it good enough to let them dry or they have to be toasted if eaten as a snack?[/size]
     
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    Yes there are loads of seeds inside the pumpkin. I've never thought about saving them to eat! I just grow them to carve, as no-one except me likes pumpkin pie and it gets a bit much eating it all on my own. So I have thrown the insides away. Sometimes I've kept a few seeds to grow for the following year, just air dried them on a window sill. That would be the same for eating I'm sure.

    Thanks miraflores!
     
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    Lots of seeds, scrape out, wash them off, sprinkle with salt & toast in moderate oven - Thats from Sister Melanie.
     
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    Loads of seeds from a pumpkin Miraflores.
    I think if you want to enjoy them you have to to clean, season and roast them.
    I'm not such a fan - I just put them out for the birds - they love them.
     
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    Hi

    Sprinkle with paprika and roast - yummy! You can put them in foodbag of plastic/glass container and nibble whenever.
     
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