Snackies Alert: Salted Pumpkin Seeds (without the Sweet)

by Angie

Remember these from the other day?

I couldn’t wait to post today. I got all creative with the pumpkin seed recipe and was so excited to tell you all about it. And you know what happened? As always it was amazing. It was sort of fair. It didn’t turn out! It tasted like crap. After I tried them I figured you all would just prefer plain salted pumpkin seeds.

I guess my family and I are pumpkin seed purists because I tried to make a sweet and salty version and I’m eating them thinking “OK, these aren’t very good, but they’re, you know, edible. They could maybe grow on you in a weird kinda way, yeah, they aren’t so bad. I think I can use this. I wonder what Bob will think?”

And then Bob came home and I said “Hey! Try these pumpkin seeds, tell me what you think, OK?” and he ate one. two. three. and said “No. Not even.”

Damn it. He’s so picky!! Fine, I’ll ask Katie, she’s into pumpkin seeds big time. She’ll love ‘em!

Katie came in from her trip to the mall with her friend and I pounced. “HEY! I made sweet & salty pumpkin seeds! Try ‘em!!”

Her eyes got real big and she ate one. not two. definitely not three. She just said in her well-trained-keep-it-even-so-Mom-doesn’t-get-her-feelings-hurt voice, “I don’t really care for these, I’m sorry, Mumma.”

So, no. I don’t have a new and improved pumpkin seed recipe for you. Instead, I’ll share my regular recipe with you and go back to the drawing board. Sometimes you just have to admit defeat. And sometimes, old standbys are still the best.