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Pumpkins

Winter squash of many shapes: the dense-fleshed ones roast to sweetness; big orange carving pumpkins are mostly water.

sweet · nutty · earthy
Pumpkinsat its peak

What to do with it

Classics built on it

Kinds

Kabocha
Japanese, dark green, dense and chestnut-sweet.
Crown Prince
Blue-grey skin, deep orange flesh.
Carving
For lanterns; thin, watery flesh.

Goes with

Knowing it

Where to buy
Heavy, matt-skinned, with a dry stalk.

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