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Can all pumpkins be used for cooking?

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Created: 2022-06-26 20:48:11

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Though all pumpkins are edible, some are better for cooking depending on their flavor and consistency. Others are better used as table decorations, or even as an alternative soup bowl. 29 авг. 2014 г.


Can regular pumpkins be used for cooking?

While yes, they are edible and you can cook with them, they're very stringy, bland, and watery. The best pumpkins for baking and cooking with are sweet, flavorful, and have smooth-textured flesh.

Can you cook all types of pumpkins?

Which part of the pumpkin can I eat? You can eat all of the pumpkin - except for its stalk. Whether you can eat the skin or not depends on the variety. Smaller varieties such as onion squash have deliciously edible skin, the skin of larger varieties may be too tough to eat or less than appealing.

Are any pumpkins not edible?

First, pumpkin is a type of squash and therefore considered a fruit (not a veggie). Pumpkins, as well as other varieties of squash (think winter squash), are edible. Gourds, on the other hand, are not edible. While pumpkin can be used for cooking and decorating, gourds are purely decorative.

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