Renthead Mommy Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Has anyone ever cooked a white pumpkin? Do they taste the same as regular pumpkin? Okay for cooking/baking or more for show? I understand they are specially bred, so I just worry they have been bred completely for look and have lost a lot of flavor/texture as somethimes happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 I used one some years ago to make a 'sugar pie pumpkin' one year on thanksgiving. It was delicious.....I think the white pumpkin is naturally sweeter and creamier than the pumpkins we are accustomed to using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snickerdoodle Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 No, but please report if you do. I accidentally served roasted pie pumpkin instead of roasted sugar pumpkin and the kids sure let me know about their displeasure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwjx2khsmj Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 I haven't yet but I will be after Halloween. I bought 6 of them at the produce auction. Right now they are wildly painted and sitting on the front porch. Next week I'll be baking, mashing, and freezing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILiveInFlipFlops Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 No, but please report if you do. I accidentally served roasted pie pumpkin instead of roasted sugar pumpkin and the kids sure let me know about their displeasure. I thought pie pumpkins WERE sugar pumpkins? Aren't you supposed to use the smaller, sweeter ones for baking? I've always heard the bigger ones weren't that great to eat. The ones we grew this year were New England Sugar Pie pumpkins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenpatty Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 I cooked a giant white one last year. I used it for making pumpkin butter and pumpkin casserole. I think it would have been too watery & stringy for pie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snickerdoodle Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 I thought pie pumpkins WERE sugar pumpkins? Aren't you supposed to use the smaller, sweeter ones for baking? I've always heard the bigger ones weren't that great to eat. The ones we grew this year were New England Sugar Pie pumpkins. I don't know. Last year in our csa box we got small sugar pumpkins and they were great roasted. This year we got the same little pumpkins but the farmer called them pie pumpkins. They were bitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renthead Mommy Posted October 29, 2012 Author Share Posted October 29, 2012 Well he ended up carving the white one instead of saving it for just extra decoration, so we won't be eating that one, but the seeds in it look great. They are much bigger and thicker. I guess "meatier" would be the best way to describe them. Can't wait to roast them up. I cooked a giant white one last year. I used it for making pumpkin butter and pumpkin casserole. I think it would have been too watery & stringy for pie. I saw pumpkin butter mentioned somewhere else online. What exactly is it? I had never heard of it before until today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Live2Ride Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 I saw pumpkin butter mentioned somewhere else online. What exactly is it? I had never heard of it before until today. Think Apple Butter only made with Pumpkins...YUM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILiveInFlipFlops Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 I don't know. Last year in our csa box we got small sugar pumpkins and they were great roasted. This year we got the same little pumpkins but the farmer called them pie pumpkins. They were bitter. Huh! It's so hard to know. I don't know where I would have been without Baker Creek's user reviews. I did really well with our garden this year thanks to them! Anyway, if you decide to grow your own, these were AMAZING and prolific and very forgiving of limited sun :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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