Originally Posted by
Leo L.
There are many different types of pumpkin, many of them especially for human food, and those have seeds with a hard shell you'd need to crack individually before eating. Not the best type for to use as a snack.
There are other types of pumpkin that have seeds with a thin paper-like shell, that are perfect to munch as a snack, but the meat of such pumpkin isn't good for humans to eat.
There are other types of pumpkin that are designed to press oil from the seeds, and the pumpkin seed oil is very worthy and said to be even healthier than the seeds.
An area not too far from our place is famous for its pumpkin seed oil and they offer many dishes with a spray of this black oil atop, they make even ice cream with pumpkin seed oil.
For us older guys: Pumkin seeds, and the oil, is said to be one of very few ways to keep the prostate from growing too big, if taken on a regular basis.