26234 Wed Oct 22 17:11:14 -0700 2003 10 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 106397 i'm craving all things PUMPKIN right now.. anyone know of places near sf financial district or east bay that are serving pumpkin stew, pumpkin soup, pumpkin etc.? (or have any good recipes?) thanks! Wed Oct 22 17:11:14 -0700 2003 0 anne 1 106404 I recently discovered a pumpkin soup recipe that is pretty easy and very popular. I used a reddish orange pumpkin that I got at the downtown Oakland Friday farmers market. Any cooking pumpkin would work I think, but these were particularly easy to skin and cut up. Peel and cube about 4 pounds of pumpkin, then cook over low heat in four cups of high quality coconut milk with two chopped carrots and one chile. There were a couple of other spices as well - allspice I think. Cook for about an hour, and then blend it all up in a blender, and you will have a delicious and beautifully colored soup. You can garnish with roasted pumpkin seeds - guaranteed to satisfy the strongest pumpkin craving! Wed Oct 22 19:06:38 -0700 2003 106397 0 piegirl 1 106409 I came very close to ordering this the other night. I noticed pumpkins everywhere in the restaurant as decorations. But I guess they will also be eventually cooked up and served. -Nick Link: http://www.sfweekly.com/issues/2003-10-22/dish.html/1/index.html Wed Oct 22 20:04:13 -0700 2003 106397 0 nja 2 106410 Brad Levy must have a lot of friends. His pumpkin steak was written up in today's Chronicle, too. Link: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/10/22/FDGV52FOAK1.DTL Wed Oct 22 20:41:58 -0700 2003 106409 0 Gary Soup 1 106422 Helmand does a wonderful pumpkin dish called kaddo -- I used the recipe below to make some for the picnic. One thing I've discovered is that you shouldn't use a vegetable peeler to peel pumpkins: use a paring knife. I've also had some good experiences making stuffed pumpkin from the small (baby bear?) pumpkins. I find if I pre-bake them for a few minutes in the microwave this becomes more feasible (otherwise stuffed pumpkin takes forever). Here's a post on my technique from a thread on the general topics board: http://www.chowhound.com/boards/general8/messages/15341.html Link: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/10/28/FD78824.DTL&type=printable Wed Oct 22 21:28:26 -0700 2003 106397 0 Ruth Lafler 2 106431 Ruth, I loved your pumpkin dish at the picnic! I must try making it one of these days. Kadu (or kadoo or kaddo) is the Farsi (and Dari, the Farsi of Afghanistan) word for pumpkin, in case you didn't know and were wondering. Thanks for the link - I'm always intimidated by the variety of pumpkins out there (especially at Berkeley Bowl!). Good to know sugar pie and baby bear pumpkins are a good choice. The borani kadoo at Salang Pass in Fremont is awfully delicious, too. Wed Oct 22 22:40:23 -0700 2003 106422 0 Alexandra 3 106460 This posts reminds me of another wonderful pumpkin dish (and this one I've had). Kabul Afghani Restaurant in Sunnyvale serves kadu: roasted pumpkin topped with a meat and yogurt sauce. It's wonderful. There's also a Kabul in San Carlos, but I don't know if they are related. Link: http://sanfrancisco.citysearch.com/map?mode=geo&id=860796&map_lat=373706&map_lon=-1220422&fid=2&cslink=profile_map_noncust Thu Oct 23 12:27:27 -0700 2003 106431 0 nja 4 106478 Stop it, Nick! You're making me dream the impossible dream of driving down to Fremont for Afghani for lunch! Boo hoo. Thu Oct 23 15:39:52 -0700 2003 106460 0 Alexandra 4 106479 Same thing, different spelling. The recipe I posted has both the meat and non-meat versions of the yogurt sauce. Thu Oct 23 15:39:54 -0700 2003 106460 0 Ruth Lafler 1 106490 I had a taste and a sniff of pumpkin ale yesterday. I'm not a beer drinker, so I'm not sure whose it wwas. But it's worth a sniff--just like pumpkin pie seasoning. The smell is sweeter than the taste, but definitely fun. Thu Oct 23 18:11:35 -0700 2003 106397 0 Windy 1 106498 I thought it was just OK, but I've seen good reviews for the pumpkin chicken curry at Bua Luang - a Thai restaurant on Solano in Albany. It's served year round. Thu Oct 23 19:47:08 -0700 2003 106397 0 Kathleen Mikulis