On Sat 11 Oct 2008 05:43:50p, Lynn from Fargo told us...
> On Oct 11, 7:32*pm, "Pete C." > wrote:
>> Mark Thorson wrote:
>>
>> > "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
>> > > cann
> ed
>> > > pumpkin. They were indistinguishable, so from that time forward I
>> > > hav
> e
>> > > 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.
>>
>> The only ingredient listed on the can is "pumpkin"
>
> =======================================AFAIK a pumpkin IS a squash. . .
> the difference being that a pumpkin is orange inside and out. Acorn,
> butternut, buttercup, kabocha are all very different shapes and green on
> the outside and orange inside. Who the hell knows what "spaghetti squash
> is?!?
>
> If I had more time and energy, and someone to eat the results, I would
> make a squash pie, a pumpkin pie and a sweet potato pie just to see if
> most folks could tell the difference. Anybody ever see a carrot pie?
> Lynn in Fargo
>
I have made carrot pie and it has a delicate delicious flavor. IIRC, I
only used a bit of nutmeg to spice it. I wasn't trying to make it taste
like pumpkin pie. I have also made parsnip pie, which I was really fond
of, also spiced with just nutmeg. I can *always* tell the difference
between a sweet potato pie and any kind of squash pie. When it comes to
squash pie, I think I'd just rather stick with pumpkin than play around
with any of the other squashes, although I'm sure they probably be good.
--
Wayne Boatwright
(correct the spelling of "geemail" to reply)
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