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It is customary to roast and eat, outer shell removed, pumpkin seeds (at least where I grew up) so I can totally imagine prehistoric herders doing the same to w
by thriftwy 4y ago
It is customary to roast and eat, outer shell removed, pumpkin seeds (at least where I grew up) so I can totally imagine prehistoric herders doing the same to watermelon seeds.
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 4y agoWe roast and eat pumpkin seeds with the shells still on.
- sethammons 4y agoditto - now I'm imagining some form of peeling pumpkin seeds and the time wasted :p
- randlet 4y agoIn Canada at least we can buy shell off pumpkin seeds in bulk (salted or plain) but they're usually sold as "pepitas". Whole pumpkin seeds are just called "pumpkin seeds". Both taste good!
- teruakohatu 4y agoWhere did you grow up? To my knowledge I have only ever eaten pumpkin seeds with the shells on.
- thriftwy 4y agoMiddle Volga region of Russia. The shells were quite tough and clearly inedible - maybe different varieties of pumpkin.
- teruakohatu 4y agoInteresting. That must be the case. It never occurred to me to shell them or even that they could be shelled.
- ispo 4y agoIn all 4* hotels in Beijing (swisshotel?) You can find peeled and roasted watermelon seeds. I was impressed to "discover" they are eaten, must be truly nutritious!
- stevenwoo 4y agoThe watermelons in the article are some of the earliest precursors of the sweet watermelons we eat most commonly today but were probably bitter and might have had inedible if unprocessed/less palatable interior pulp like many of the current ones found across Africa.