…… Pie Pumpkin Q?

[babysteps]

It's been quite a few years since I grew pie pumpkins. We ended up with about 3 dozen this year.

Hubby cut them all off the vine about 2 weeks ago. Apparently a few of them weren't *quite* ripe - as I started cutting them up today for canning I've found one or two which are greenish inside. I'm assuming there will be a few more as I go through the pile.

I'm hoping to get them all canned up this weekend. How much of an issue is the greenish bit going to be? I did some general googling and all I'm getting is "green pumpkin isn't as sweet" which I'm thinking won't matter too much in bread, but might in pie?

Thoughts?

 

[moldy]

IIRC, green pumpkin has been substituted for apples in pie (maybe in one of the 'Little House' books).

 

[SwampMom]

Sure wish I could help. Only pumpkin we ever grew was a volunteer. One bright October Saturday, a week before we planned to harvest it, 3 little kids watched while a carload of teenagers parked in the road, jumped the ditch and took our only pumpkin! I was the oldest and screamed to my Daddy through my tears, "they stole our pumpkin!" That was nearly 60 years ago.

I do sweet potatoes now !!