using pumpkin...

[SudsyKat]

Raw or canned

For those of you who make pumpkin soap - do you use fresh pumpkin or canned? If you use fresh, do you use it raw or cooked? Also, if you add lye to the pumpkin, should the pumpkin be frozen?

Thanks!

 

[PrairieCraft]

I am in the middle of making pumpkin soap as we speak (shtuff is cooling off). I used pureed pumpkin that I froze last year. We love to make pumpkin pie with real pumpkin, canned is yucky. I bet most people used canned though. If you do want to use an actual pumpkin cut it into portions that will fit in a steamer pot clean the seeds and gunk off and steam it with the skin on. After the meat is soft the skin will peel off easily. Then puree in a food processor. If you want to use this for pie make sure to get sugar pumpkins, sometimes just called pie pumpkins. For soap it wouldn't make a difference but if I went to all of the trouble I would at least want a pie out of it. Pie

 

[PrairieCraft]

Unmolded this morning and it looks great. Lovely orange color not bright but not dull either. Hopefully my FO won't discolor it too dark. I unthawed my pumpkin puree completely and had nothing weird happen when I added my lye. Used 100% pumpkin, no water.

 

[cmd439]

Thank you PrarieCraft for your tips! I can't wait to try them