frozen pumpkin?

[John]

back in october i copped up n froze a bunch of pumpkins.read this could be done.does anyone else do this,or know if something is lost nutrition wise in this process? thanx john

 

[Kenny]

I've used the canned stuff in the past, but never frozen.
I just use other types of squash in the "offseason"

I'd assume some nutritional value would be lost, but it would prob still be good.

 

[coreyc]

I puree them in a blender then freeze it in little bowls then defrost when needed I has some defrosting now actually time to give them a treat

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

We feed fresh whole pumkins during pumpin season, but have never fed anything frozen.

 

[Isa]

I cook some pumpkin pieces during the season and freeze them, that way, I have some all year long. when I feed it to my tortoise, I put the piece into the microwave until it is warm

 

[Laura]

I freeze raw pumkin and cactus to feed later.. Its mushy, they still eat it.. Im sure fresh is best, but dont know if feeding is a waste.. due to nutritional value..

 

[tortoisenerd]

I think a bit of nutrition loss, but especially if you freeze right after you opened up the pumpkin, not much at all. I will freeze fresh veggies for my family when we make too much (they just get mushy), and freeze canned pureed organic pumpkin and butternut squash for my tort (I open a can and make up a bunch of little containers; ice cube trays also work great). For humans, they say commercial frozen veggies are just as good as fresh, but I assume the commercial process is more of a flash freeze so at home its not quite as good, but still definitely worth feeding. I find for fresh pumpkin or squash, grating it (raw) with a cheese grater is great. It'll probably be mushy after freezing so you might not have to do much to it for the little ones like you would need to do otherwise. I like the canned pureed stuff as its cheap and organic and high water content and easy to use. I actually serve a spoonful in a baby food jaw lid that my tort learned to eat out of without biting it or getting it all over himself (like he does if I just plop it on the greens!).

 

[Angi]

I would think nutritional value would be lost in cooking it but not in freezing it. Freezing would just cause it to lose it's concistency.

 

[ticothetort2]

I froze my pumpkin from this past Halloween after cutting it up and feed after defrosting.

Like tortoisenerd was saying, some nutritional value is lost in freezing but not as much as everyone thinks. It is a common misconception that frozen veggies hold no nutritional value.