A friend gave me a nice looking pumpkin. Not too big, not too small,
perfect fer carving.

BUT! ....I wanna make some pumpkin pies. I tasted a real pumpkin pie
baked by an Old World Portuguese lady. Best I've ever tasted. I'd
like to do the same.

Anywho, I notice some pumpkins are labelled in the sales flyers as,
"carving pumpkins". Is this some kinda special pumpkin gourd like
those specially crossbred "chunkin'" (fired from air canons) pumpkins.
Or, can I jes bake this one and make some pie?

nb

On Saturday, October 22, 2016 at 8:17:50 PM UTC-4, notbob wrote:
> A friend gave me a nice looking pumpkin. Not too big, not too small,
> perfect fer carving.
>
> BUT! ....I wanna make some pumpkin pies. I tasted a real pumpkin pie
> baked by an Old World Portuguese lady. Best I've ever tasted. I'd
> like to do the same.
>
> Anywho, I notice some pumpkins are labelled in the sales flyers as,
> "carving pumpkins". Is this some kinda special pumpkin gourd like
> those specially crossbred "chunkin'" (fired from air canons) pumpkins.
> Or, can I jes bake this one and make some pie?

I confident you'll find the flesh watery and lacking in taste.

<http://www.sheknows.com/home-and-gardening/articles/998567/pie-pumpkins-vs-carving-pumpkins>

Cindy Hamilton

On Saturday, October 22, 2016 at 5:17:50 PM UTC-7, notbob wrote:
> A friend gave me a nice looking pumpkin. Not too big, not too small,
> perfect fer carving.
>
> BUT! ....I wanna make some pumpkin pies. I tasted a real pumpkin pie
> baked by an Old World Portuguese lady. Best I've ever tasted. I'd
> like to do the same.
>
> Anywho, I notice some pumpkins are labelled in the sales flyers as,
> "carving pumpkins". Is this some kinda special pumpkin gourd like
> those specially crossbred "chunkin'" (fired from air canons) pumpkins.
> Or, can I jes bake this one and make some pie?
>
> nb

Carving pumpkins are bred for that task specifically, Halloween carving. If you are going to make a pie you need a "pie" pumpkin. Usually small and called "sweetie" or something like that.

Carving pumpkins are all fibre, no flavor.

On 2016-10-23, ImStillMags > wrote:

> Carving pumpkins are all fibre, no flavor.

Thanks.

nb

On 10/23/2016 2:26 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
> On Saturday, October 22, 2016 at 5:17:50 PM UTC-7, notbob wrote:
>> A friend gave me a nice looking pumpkin. Not too big, not too small,
>> perfect fer carving.
>>
>> BUT! ....I wanna make some pumpkin pies. I tasted a real pumpkin pie
>> baked by an Old World Portuguese lady. Best I've ever tasted. I'd
>> like to do the same.
>>
>> Anywho, I notice some pumpkins are labelled in the sales flyers as,
>> "carving pumpkins". Is this some kinda special pumpkin gourd like
>> those specially crossbred "chunkin'" (fired from air canons) pumpkins.
>> Or, can I jes bake this one and make some pie?
>>
>> nb
>
> Carving pumpkins are bred for that task specifically, Halloween carving. If you are going to make a pie you need a "pie" pumpkin. Usually small and called "sweetie" or something like that.
>
> Carving pumpkins are all fibre, no flavor.
>
Pumpkins for pie (in the southern US, at least) are called sugar
pumpkins. They're smaller, less fibrous. Carving pumpkins are
generally larger. Those are the ones you see people trying to win
contests with.

I'm sure you could bake a pie using a so-called carving pumpkin. Might
be disappointed in the results.

Jill

On 2016-10-24, jmcquown > wrote:

> Pumpkins for pie (in the southern US, at least) are called sugar
> pumpkins. They're smaller, less fibrous.

I jes bought two "pie pumpkins" from WW. That's how they were
labelled. Lil' bitty buggars. About twice the size of a softball. I
looked fer the heaviest, but they all seemed rather light ....like a
lotta air and not much subtance. So, I bought two.

Now, what?

nb

On 10/25/2016 5:22 PM, notbob wrote:
> On 2016-10-24, jmcquown > wrote:
>
>> Pumpkins for pie (in the southern US, at least) are called sugar
>> pumpkins. They're smaller, less fibrous.
>
> I jes bought two "pie pumpkins" from WW. That's how they were
> labelled. Lil' bitty buggars. About twice the size of a softball. I
> looked fer the heaviest, but they all seemed rather light ....like a
> lotta air and not much subtance. So, I bought two.
>
> Now, what?
>
> nb
>
Um, follow the recipe you were planning to use?

Jill

Bought two "pie" (suger?) pumkins.

I jes pressure cooked each pie'kin fer 5 mins at 15psi. Did two. Put
both in FP and pureed. I now have ? amt of pumpkin puree. Lookin'
fer p.pie recipes.

nb

On Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 3:59:34 PM UTC-4, notbob wrote:
> Bought two "pie" (suger?) pumkins.
>
> I jes pressure cooked each pie'kin fer 5 mins at 15psi. Did two. Put
> both in FP and pureed. I now have ? amt of pumpkin puree. Lookin'
> fer p.pie recipes.
>
> nb

You can't go wrong with Craig Claiborne's recipe:

<https://cutterlight.com/2012/11/25/a-cookbook-for-the-ages-pumpkin-and-pecan-pies-from-craig-claiborne/>

Cindy Hamilton