JAS_OH1
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Duly noted but AFAIK it's probably much easier for those typing on their phones.
GF - gluten-freePlease translate the acrnms...
XGF - xanthan gum-free
JAS_OH1
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Now I remember!
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The grocery store had pie pumpkins for cheap (2/$5) just before Thanksgiving, so I bought a couple to decorate my front porch.
A few days ago I grabbed one, processed it, and last night I made pumpkin bread. Canned pumpkin is fine and very convenient, but you really can’t beat the flavor of the fresh stuff.
A few days ago I grabbed one, processed it, and last night I made pumpkin bread. Canned pumpkin is fine and very convenient, but you really can’t beat the flavor of the fresh stuff.
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Looks wonderful. Please post the fresh pumpkin prep and your bread recipe.
badjak
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Okay, me again..
What's the difference between a pumpkin and a pie pumpkin?
Inquiring minds want to know
JAS_OH1
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That's a really good question! I don't like pumpkin so I have no clue.
The simplest explanation is…you can carve either one, and you can eat either one, but carving pumpkins are specifically cultivated to be large and to have thin walls, and pie/sugar pumpkins are cultivated for flavor and more flesh.
badjak
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So a pie pumpkin is just more of an eating pumpkin?
I've never used pumpkin in a pie. Tasted it once or twice and is definitely not open to repeat. I rather use pumpkin in a savoury way (Thai red curry comes to mind)
I've never used pumpkin in a pie. Tasted it once or twice and is definitely not open to repeat. I rather use pumpkin in a savoury way (Thai red curry comes to mind)
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That makes more sense. Although pumpkin bread isn't horrible. I dislike pumpkin pie immensely and I also don't like zucchini, but I will eat either of them in a bread if it's offered to me (not something I want to make or would buy). My DH's grandma made a sweet zucchini bread and sweet pumpkin bread that wasn't too bad. I think the thing is that in the pie the pumpkin flavor is overwhelming, whereas with the bread (and the zucchini bread) the flour mutes the flavor considerably.
My DH likes spaghetti squash, which has a similar flavor to pumpkin (IMO), but I don't buy it and cook it for him, at least not in the last 10 years or so. He also likes sweet potatoes (I do not) but it's not something that's outlawed in my house (like liver, permanent ban), LOL!
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Tasty’s correct - pie pumpkins are smaller and sweeter than carving pumpkins, as well as the cavity being smaller and the walls thicker.
Generally speaking, the only time that you’ll see pie pumpkins for sale here is leading up to Thanksgiving, and the only time you see carving pumpkins is leading up to Halloween.
Me too. Nothing to write home about; just a pastry crust filled with stuff and loads of cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and ginger.
Still, each to their own. Not a fan of British suet puddings, either!