PSA: Pumpkins

[Ryvvi]

It has come to my attention via Diana calling green pumpkins unripe that you guys dont have green pumpkins in america
first of all wtf. Orange pumpkins are a weird american thing that only appear in australia for halloween as a gimmick. (and the rest of the world but whatever, australia is right)
SECONDLY. this is what real NORMAL pumpkins look like:
Kent Pumpkin:

Jarrahdale Pumpkin:

and the slightly different but still different Queensland Blue Pumpkin:


and then theres your weird nugget pumpkin i guess

This has been a PSA, thank you for your attention

[Akuyi]

Yeah, the pumpkins we use for carving are usually orange, but the ones for eating are anything between orange, yellow, almost white and green. There are even red ones I think.

And isn't zucchini also a pumpkin?

[Bassy]

Wow! I never even knew there were green pumpkins, I know there are white ones. In America, regular pumpkins are orange lol.

[Ryvvi]

its so weird how basic little things can be totally different
Like for us, our pumpkins are sold year round, but when i was in america for christmas the pie (ew) was made of canned pumpkin because you dont sell it all the time??

[Bassy]

I never heard of canned pumpkin lol. We just buy pumpkin pie. We only sell pumpkins during october/november not much on christmas. Like watermelonl=. We see them more in the spring/summer.

[Lemon Cheesecake]

Your Kent pumpkin looks similar to our acorn squash! Wish you could send seeds of your white and green pumpkins (Jarrahdale and Queensland blue). Pumpkins take a considerable amount of time to ripen as compared to other vegetables so maybe that is a reason we don't grow them year round?

The orange colored pumpkins have more of a sweet potato flavor so maybe that is why we like them more? I don't know of many people who are even squash fans. But we do eat quite a few roasted pumpkin seeds.

Canned pumpkin is sold year round and used more for breads and puddings.

[Bassy]

Maybe I just missed it in the store plus I never really look for canned pumpkin.

[Lemon Cheesecake]

I think some restaurants are starting to serve pumpkin in season as a vegetable side dish. I don't know why there aren't more takers. Any squash just seems so long to cook that I opt out, especially when it tastes better if it is boiled/steamed and then baked afterwards.

[Ryvvi]

wait what
but pumpkin is always a side dish
what do you eat with roasts?
why are there so many pumpkin based discrepancies

[Mousy]

but...
pumpkin pie..

[Diana]

I do not eat pumpkin unless it is in pie, or just the seeds.

[Kitalpha Hart]

Ew pumpkin
At most I'll have a few fried and salted seeds and thays cuz available snack more than taste

[Polaris]

The closest I've come to enjoying a pumpkin-anything is a pumpkin spice latte... it was eh.

[dragoness129]

Those are so neat!

I love Pumpkins! Would love to start a collection of all the different types.
The easiest collection would be to start an album on Pinterest and get pictures of all the different types. -makes a note to do that later-

[Mousy]

I just imagined a shared pinterest board for windlyn. that would be ridiculous. XD