SC - OOP: Re: Harry Potter foodies

[KallipygosRed at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/18/00 12:56:26 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
EdgarT at JM.com writes:

> BTW... I have heard a lot of controversy regarding pumpkins.  Are they
>  period or not?  I would like to incorporate pumpkin soup in a feast 
sometime
>  if they are period.
>  
>  Rivka
I believe we covered this at one point and decided that pumpkins as we know 
them--the big orange lovely things--are New World. However, many squashes 
that were period would impart the same flavour if cooked like a pumpkin pie. 
And, in commercial piemaking factories, a lot of the pumpkin that comes 
canned today has more squash to it then pumpkin. Someone told me once they do 
that because it gives a better color to the pie. 

Lars