Kovács Zsuzsa: Göcsej Village Museum. Exhibition Guide (Zalaegerszeg, 2008)

32. PUMKIN MILL FROM DABRONC The pumpkin seed oil is still very popular in the cuisine of Zala and Vas county. Getting out the seeds from the shells used to be an activity done in the silent autumn evenings. Then the seeds were dried and taken to the oil mill where the oil was produced by pressing the seeds. First they ground the seeds then watered and roasted them. The roasted seeds were put in a canvas bag and then squeezed between the iron rings of the press. The oil was lead to jugs; every tenth decilitre and the so-called 'scone' went to the owner of the mill. The 'scone', that is the hard bit remaining between the iron rings after pressing, became food for the cows. The yellowish-green oil has a very intense, characteristic taste. They put it on green salads, potato salads or cabbage. Pumpkin seed oil is still much favoured. This mill here was last used in 1945.