Category: Fruits

We like butternut pumpkins best when they’re roasted, but this hardy oblong variety is one of the most versatile options in the pumpkin aisle. Butternuts are a little sweeter, dryer and can be turned into soups, roasted with cinnamon or put to use in most cooked pumpkin dishes. What type of pumpkin is good for […]

sugar pumpkins. For cooking, you’ll want to use sugar pumpkins (also called pie or sweet pumpkins), which are small and round. Long Island Cheese pumpkins, which are more oblong and can look like a wheel of cheese, are also good to eat. Field types are larger; have watery, stringy flesh; and are best used for […]

They can be used in both sweet and savory preparations, but their sweet flavor lends itself best to desserts and baked goods such as pie fillings, scones, and cakes. Blue pumpkins can also be cooked and blended into soups, stews, and curries or cooked and added to risotto, gnocchi, ravioli, salads, and pasta dishes. Are […]

While you can roast a pumpkin whole, it saves some time to halve it or cut it into wedges. This also gives you a chance to scoop out all the seeds, which you can roast as a snack. Unlike some other types of squash, pumpkins have thick skin, which is best removed from the flesh […]

Baking a pumpkin is as simple as cleaning it, cutting it into chunks, and sticking it in the oven. Heat oven to 325ºF. Scrub the outside of the pumpkin with a vegetable brush to remove any visible dirt. Cut off the stem, then cut the pumpkin in half (from top to bottom). Can you cook […]

With Kent pumpkins, remove the seed and place cut side down. As the skin is edible, simply cut it into thin wedges to roast. Can you eat the skin on Kent pumpkin? There are many different types of pumpkin and in our kitchen, we choose to use Kent pumpkins. The skin isn’t as tough as […]

You probably wouldn’t want to eat these Jack O’Lanterns since they’ve been carved and sitting out. But this variety of pumpkin is perfectly edible and nutritious. Pumpkins of almost any variety have flesh high in fiber and beta carotene. Can you eat your jack-o-lantern pumpkin? Sure — as long as it is in good condition […]

Selected seed of the favourite pumpkin, good storage characteristics, exceptional yield, with sweet, meaty flavour. Which pumpkin is the sweetest? Sugar pumpkins Also known as pie pumpkins or sweet pumpkins, the sugar pumpkin is perfect for pies because they aren’t as stringy and contain less water than other pumpkins. As their name indicates, the sugar […]

White pumpkins are absolutely edible. You can substitute white pumpkin for orange pumpkin in most recipes, as all the flesh inside a whit pumpkin is edible. You can make a pie or whip up a soup. Can you eat little white pumpkins? Mini White pumpkins are predominately used for ornamental purposes, but some varieties are […]

In contrast to the flesh-packed pie pumpkin, carving pumpkins, commonly referred to as jack-o’-lantern pumpkins, were designed to make it easier to, well, carve. Jack-o’-lantern pumpkins have a thinner shell and typically have less flesh (or pumpkin guts) on the inside. The flesh is grainier and stringy. Why are pumpkins called Jack o lanterns? The […]

Technically, the skin of nearly all pumpkin and squash varieties is edible; however, some varieties’ skins are simply too tough and take too long to soften when cooking, resulting in the flesh being ready well before the skin. Therefore, we recommend removing the rind of certain varieties prior to cooking. Which pumpkin skin is edible? […]