Saturday, January 14, 2012

How are shells removed from pumpkin seeds?

On Friday, a coworker of mine returend to the office with a pound of spiced, roasted pumkin seeds. I remember as a child roasting whole seeds, but have never seen pumkin seeds sans the shell. This led me to wonder how the shell is removed; is it a manual process or is there a contraption that can do this. Now I am wondering about sunflower seeds as well. It all just seems like a lot of work to me.

How are shells removed from pumpkin seeds?
There must be some type of commercial process--I just roast and munch the whole seed!!
Reply:the onese you see in stores are likely shelled using a comercial seed hulling machine specifically designed to hull pumkin seeds. An internet search for "pumkin hulling machine" should lead you to companies that make such machines. They are also typically out of the average consumer price range. Report It
Reply:Um..the pumpkin is the shell. Cut open pumpkin, scoop out seeds, roast seeds. Yum.
Reply:pumpkin seeds........ I eat the whole thing, shell and all....


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