Kitchen tools to master a pumpkin (or squash)
The battle with the pumpkin
Pumpkins are no easy opponents. If you tackle the vegetable with a large chef's knife, the battle can end in favor of the pumpkin or at least in a draw.
You have just penetrated a few centimetres deep into the pumpkin when the flesh presses firmly around the blade and the knife gets stuck. You start to heave, jiggle, hit the back of the knife and apart from a sore hand, nothing happens. So you try to get the knife out again, which comes loose with dangerous suddenness and jumps towards you, and off you go for the second round. The small, harmless-looking Hokkaidos in particular are fierce fighters.
So at this point, or better still right from the start, we pull out our secret weapon. A pumpkin saw! This little special tool actually comes from the pumpkin carving set for Halloween, but it provides invaluable services.
With easy back-and-forth movements, it takes care of even the toughest pumpkin and the battle is decided. Finally, clearly in your favor.
Get to the seeds
Once the battle with the pumpkin has been won, it's time to hollow it out. And here, too, it puts up a stubborn fight. The fibers and seeds stick together and are firmly anchored in the flesh. If you now scrape through the core with a tablespoon, they just lie flat against the outer wall. With a bit of luck, however, you will get a few seeds on the spoon and gradually clear out the pumpkin.
But there is a secret weapon here too. At first glance, a so-called fruit spoon looks like an ice cream scoop, but it is designed to quickly remove seeds and pulp from pumpkins and other fruit and vegetables. It has sharpened edges all around, which the fibers have nothing to oppose. Once they have been cut, the seeds can be scooped out in no time at all. The edges are even sharp and strong enough to cut out the flesh from the inside. So why not serve the pumpkin soup directly in the hollowed-out shell?
If there is no pumpkin to hollow out, the fruit spoon is a great ice cream scoop or spoon for boiling and dyeing eggs, as the round shape prevents eggs from falling out of the spoon. Or you can use it to hollow out beef tomatoes for filling, make XXL melon balls from watermelon or serve your fruit salad in a hollowed-out papaya or melon.
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