[SamIAm]

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respect for trying something totally new.

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Thanks. I tend to keep a list of cool new cooking ideas, and try them out when the IC ingredient allows. (I want to work more on sausage making and my pizza making, but neither sounded especially good with pumpkin. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] Maybe next IC.)

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2 dishes already, neither of which is an appetizer or an entree.

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The plan tonight is to serve an app, a side, a main, and a dessert. I managed to invite friends who are a) vegetarian b) willing to let me take pictures while I plate food c) willing to eat pumpkin in every single dish. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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how to crust this?

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Before I vowed veggie with this one, I thought about coating some creature with pumpkin dust, but then roasting. The lower heat seemed safer than a sear. Maybe pan-fried fish, but again, that'd be a less intense heat than grilling.