The market · Vegetables · The Americas, East Asia, Northern and Central Europe
Pumpkins
Winter squash of many shapes: the dense-fleshed ones roast to sweetness; big orange carving pumpkins are mostly water.
sweet · nutty · earthy
at its peakWhat 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.
Knowing it
- Where to buy
- Heavy, matt-skinned, with a dry stalk.
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