"Pete C." wrote:
>
> I haven't tried the white pumpkins, however I did at one point many
> moons ago get a pumpkin, bake, peel, mash, etc. and make a pie while in
> parallel making a pie with the same recipe but using the Libby's canned
> pumpkin. They were indistinguishable, so from that time forward I have
> just bought the canned pumpkin and saves myself a lot of effort.

If I recall correctly, canned pumpkin is not actually
pumpkin. It's some kind of squash, but not pumpkin.
They use this squash because it's tastes better or
it's easier to process or something.

Sort of like how the mushrooms in canned and dried
mushroom soup are not mushrooms. They are _Boletus_
_edulis_, a fungus which has a good flavor and
appearance, better than you can get from mushrooms.