On Thu, 30 Oct 2014 17:23:32 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Oct 2014 15:30:06 -0700, sf > wrote:
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> >I have seen certain small pumpkins labeled specifically as "sugar"
> >pumpkin and I didn't expect it to be so bitter. Roasting would not
> >have improved the flavor and it didn't work the way I tried to use it
> >either. It is definitely not good for any savory use I can think of.
>
> This year it isn't. Sugar pumpkins are supposed to be sweet. So,
> either the crop was picked too early or the season was not good for
> your sugar pumpkin. I grew winter squash last year. A kind that is
> very sweet and I love. Every single one of them was bitter and I
> threw into the compost.

Thank you! I had no idea it wasn't going to work when I decided to
use it. Sorry you had to compost so many squash!


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