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Sugar Pie and Baby Bear Pumpkins  I've been testing so many pumpkin recipes with different types of pumpkins last week that I ended up with different types of seeds. And why waste them and throw away when you can easily roast them. Turns out it was so easy.  In Turkey, we have an intense snack culture. Each evening, after dinner, there must be a pot of tea "çay" ready on the stove and some "snacks" to accompany. But what we call snacks are nothing like "chips". They are usually nuts like walnuts, hazelnuts, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, pistachios or dried fruits like grapes, raisins, apple slices etc. or traditional Turkish fruit roll sheets, fruit sausages. The list goes on. So the above-mentioned yummy and healthy goods are called in general " kuru yemiş " which translates to "dried snacks" . You can find at least five "kuru yemiş shops" along the same street, easily.  It is that popular and a whole other universe. I...