On 12/29/19 1:39 PM, wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Dec 2019 10:51:00 -0700, jay > wrote:
>
>> On 12/29/19 9:18 AM, wrote:
>>> Since my wife spends Christmas with her sons and grands these were
>>> Lung Guyland punkins... they hadn't had a hard frost yet so these were
>>> in great condition. In fact they were difficult to cut up even with
>>> my 12" carbon steel chef's knife. Iwas considering pies for a minute
>>> but we can buy pies a lot easier.
>>
>> You would be better off buying a can of pumpkin. Jack-o-lantern pie sucks.
>
> That's because canned punkin is actually butternut squash.
>


A pumpkin is a squash.

The Libby's product that claims 100% pumpkin isn't. It's a Dickinson
pumpkin which is a hybrid squash. They stand up tall and would carve a
perfect Jay Leno head jack-o-lantern.

https://www.heirloomgardener.com/pro...in-zmaz12fzfol

Cushaw squash makes a better pie than a pumpkin squash pie. Its green
and white stripped. The meat is yellowish.

There's a gazillion types of squash.