Marcella Tracy Peek wrote:
In article ,
Steve wrote:
You can make a good pumpkin pie from winter squash. (Most canned pumpkin
from the store isn't really from pumpkins anyway.)
I hear this occassionally. The labels don't seem to bear this out. The
ones I buy say "pumpkin" not "butternut squash" or some such. Given
that winter squashes and my stomach don't get along but pumpkin is ok,
you'd think I would respond to the canned squash masquerading as
pumpkin. So, where did you get them impression that "most canned
pumpkin isn't really from pumpkins".
marcella
Oh, I read it in a gardening magazine many years ago and believed it. I
even remember the article saying that the most common squash used in
commercial canned pumpkin was the variety "Golden Delicious". I probably
only remember that because the name is the same as the apple.
It doesn't matter which pumpkin or squash they put in the can. If it is
intended for use in making pumpkin pie it will say pumpkin on the label.
I wonder if any brands put the truth in the fine print somewhere?
Steve
I wonder if there is anything on the internet that backs up what I once
read.... I'll go look......
Yes, but not much:
Goldkeeper
105 days-6 to 12 pounds-pink to brilliant red. Vining habit. This
variety was used by the Stokely Canning Company for their canned pumpkin
operation until they were bought out by Chiquita and shut down about
seven years ago (putting an end to commercial canning-pumpkin farming in
our area. Back to corn and soybeans, everyone). It exhibits a fair
amount of variability in shape and color but makes excellent pies and is
very good in other types of squash dishes as well. Most fruits are
similar to Golden Delicious Hubbard, swelling and rounded around the
stem, but are not quite so pointed at the blossom end. Thick
yellow-orange flesh. $3.00/pkt. LIMITED QUANTITIES ONLY
That was from this site:
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache...client=googlet
Also a little more in the introduction at this site:
www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/cgc_reports/squash95.pdf