I found an uncut good pumpkin by the curb of a road...anyone know how to turn it into a pie?!
Answers: I do like pumpkin seeds too. Yum..
Hanalou is correct (first response). If the pumpkin is bright orange, then it probably is of the appalachian or magic lantern variety pumpkin, which are bred for looks and not for pie making.
If you plan on making a pie, be sure the pumpkin is a dickinson. Otherwise, your pie will likely turn out watery and fibrous.
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Edit: A dickinson will be shallow-ribbed and have a dull yellow shell. It may be worth a shot with the pumpkin you found. I am basing my response on what I read recently in the recent edition of Saveur magazine. But, I do know the type of pumpkin typically used for pies are different from the jack-o-lantern types, which have been bred for appearances.
Those kind of pumpkins are not for pumpkin pie, only for pumpkin seeds and Jack-O-Lanterns. You need a cooking pumpkin for pie.
So toast the seeds on a tray in your toaster oven. Put the halves of the pumpkin cut side down on a cookie sheet and bake 'em in your oven at 350 degrees for an hour. Let 'em cool and then take a spoon and scoop all the flesh from the rind. Throw out the rind. You can keep the flesh in the fridge for a week while you look up a recipe in a cookbook.
Sorry, don't know about a pie but I made a great pumpkin soup yesterday. I just peeled and cut up the pumpkin and fried it in a saucepan along with 2 chopped onions. When they'd turned soft, I added 2 vegetable stock cubes and enough water to cover half of the pumpkin mixture. Then after about 10-15 I blended the lot, added seasoning and served. Tasted great!
Don't make that pumpkin into a pie because you don't know who touched it or if there is anything in it. There could ecen have POISON in it. SO abandon the pumpkin and buy one at the store it is the only safe way!
Roadkill pumpkin ... what will they think of next? I think if it's on smallish side you might do better turning it into a nice pumpkin and acorn squash soup.