On Oct 7, 11:54?am, "Janet B." > wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>
> ...
> snip> 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
>
> snip
> 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.

Most commercial pumpkin pie is made with butternut squash, technically
it's a pumpkin.

Most any pumpkin is a pie pumpkin and and a jack o' lantern pumpkin,
there is no difference other than size appearence. People buy the
small pumpkins for pie because what is someone going to do with a 20
pounder, more than enough for a dozen pies, or a hundred pounder.

This same question arises most every year... go to the burpee.com web
site.

http://tinyurl.com/2esdgo

http://www.burpee.com/product/vegeta...rrivals&page=1


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Peter_Pumpkin_Eater

Sheldon