Pumpkin seeds...yum!

Last week we carved pumpkins at Pepperdine GOC. Today (well, technically yesterday I suppose) I finally plucked up the courage to roast them.  They'd actually been sitting wrapped in a paper tower and growing somewhat moldy when I finally unwrapped them.  Oops.  Anyhow, after several hours (days...) of soaking in salt water and several cycles of rinsing, I boiled them in more salt water (just for good measure) and then laid them out to dry overnight.  This morning, I coated the seeds in butter, salt, garlic powder, and black pepper and then spread them in a single layer on a pizza platter (we don't have a cookie sheet).  45 minutes of baking later and out comes piping hot, nice and crunchy pumpkin seeds. I think they turned out rather well myself. :) Anyhow, I'm kind of tempted to buy another pumpkin just so I can gut it and roast more pumpkin seeds now. Hehe...