"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> The pumpkin can be used to make soup (heh, canned pumpkin is readily
> available and better by far than the pumpkins sold for display). The
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That's because the pumpkins sold at the store are probably Jack O'Lantern
pumpkins and not pie pumpkins. Although in recent years pumpkins are
available that are multi-purpose. Jack O'Lantern pumpkins are stringy and
watery. Pie pumpkins are sweeter, meatier, generally smaller and are more
like butternut squash. In my area, if a pumpkin is a pie pumpkin, the
grocer labels it as such and it is more expensive than the other pumpkins.
Janet