pumpkin seeds

Pumpkin seeds are the sturdier snack of the seed aisle, the one people use for crunch, a more earthy flavour, and a topping that can stand up to bread, soups or salads. By our assessment, they are better than sunflower seeds at giving a fuller bite and a slightly richer taste, especially when toasted. The trade-off is that they are still a small dry food, so they will never be as filling or as varied as a real meal, and they can go stale if left open too long. In practice they feel more substantial than many other seeds and are good when texture matters as much as flavour. Compared with nuts they are lighter and less rich, but compared with many snack seeds they have more body. The Astrina catalogue files pumpkin seeds under Pumpkin seeds, which is exactly where this kind of pantry item belongs.