Sainsburys pumpkins 10p each

Legacy_user

Bear in mind that not all Sainsburys have any.

Normally, supermarkets sold out pumpkins by 29 Oct.

You can freeze it by cutting into cubes and place in freezer bags. Put in amounts that do a meal

Swap butternut squash for pumpkin in recipes.

VfM4meplse

Halloween pumpkins tend to be very stringy and not the best for consumption!

V impressed with your weight loss btw.

redfox

they were giving them away free in my Sainsbury's today. Somebody must have over ordered as they literally had heaps and heaps of them!

redfox

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Halloween pumpkins tend to be very stringy and not the best for consumption!

I agree, there is a difference between what they call carving pumpkins and the culinary pumpkins. The ones they sell for carving are really not much use for cooking/eating.

dlusman

redfox wrote: »

I agree, there is a difference between what they call carving pumpkins and the culinary pumpkins. The ones they sell for carving are really not much use for cooking/eating.

The couple I bought from Sainsburys last year where fine for eating.
Even if you dont want to eat them , for 10p each it must be worth it just for the seeds ? - Take them out , wash and dry them , then dry fry for a few minutes - lovely

DigForVictory

Can vouch for "carving pumpkin" (ex-Lidl mind) being very light on flavour but bulked out other more interesting veggies & has a pretty colour.

Also curries up rather nicely.

iammumtoone

i have found carving pumpkins make fine pumpkin pie, with all the added sugar and spices I don't think it matters what the pumpkin tastes like!

Also as others have said well worth buying for the seeds, roasted with added spices they are lovely.

System

I have always bought a pumpkin pre Halloween and they have been carving ones. Never an issue with taste or texture. Its just a bulking agent. Herbs, spices, stock and other veg are your friends!

I don't seem to see normal pumpkins around for sale.

I think this year has been the ideal weather for pumpkins as every supermarket I have visited past 10 days had loads. Normally lucky to see 30-40

iammumtoone

ScarletMarble wrote: »

I don't seem to see normal pumpkins around for sale.

I've seen then but they are very small. The ones I saw were being sold by weight so don't know how much they cost each, I suspect they worked out quite expensive.

APennySaved

iammumtoone wrote: »

i have found carving pumpkins make fine pumpkin pie, with all the added sugar and spices I don't think it matters what the pumpkin tastes like!

What recipe for pumpkin pie did you use?

I'd like to know if I can use a FRESH pumpkin to bake with, a pumpkin of the large type seen carved into as a decoration at Hallowe'en.

There is a canned puree pumpkin available (made in the US by Libbys), but getting hold of it over here in the UK is very difficult & expensive! as it normally ships direct from the USA & the postage is astronomical. :eek:

In any case I would like to try baking/cooking with a nice large VFM pumpkin (I bought an ASDA supermarket large CARVEABLE-type Hallowe'en pumpkin, just before 31st October, at just £1) so that I can try out a few pumpkin recipes without breaking the bank!

Can I use that type of large carveable pumpkin, to cook with? Logic says that this must be possible, as it is after all a foodstuff (of the 'squash' family)!

I'd like to try cooking both a sweet recipe - pumpkin pie - & a savoury dish e.g. pumpkin soup.

I reckon that if just one type would work with a large carveable pumpkin, then it would be a SAVOURY recipe?! But am I right? I mainly want to try a pumpkin pie, but will the good old big orange carveable pumpkin be OK/tasty in that dessert??

System

APS

My mum has made both sweet and savoury recipes with carving pumpkins. Can make muffins, cake and rice dishes

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/pumpkin