I often pick up pumpkins for free after Halloween. I use it instead of oil in zucchini bread and with dark colored caked mixes.( chocolate,, spice etc) The best way to cook it is to wash it and cut it into 1/4. Clean out the seeds and bake it at 350 for about an hour or so. Cool it and the skin will fall off. Then I run it thru thr food mill or the blender. I usually freeze it.