SC - Pumpkins and such...

[Catherine Deville]

Siobhan MacDermott
>     And another side note...a lot of the solid pack pumpkin in cans and
the
> pie filling found in stores are not only mostly squash of varying
varieties
> (they all taste somewhat alike when similarly prepared), but are also
colored
> with an extract from carrots.  When making pies from scratch, the
resulting
> color is a gray-ish color.  Tastes wonderful, though.

mi'Lady... this comment confused me.  I buy Libby's 100% pumpkin when I buy
packed pumpkin and I checked the ingredient (singular) label and it said
"pumpkin".   is this excluded from your "a lot of" or are you saying that
this isn't actually pumpkin or is artificially colored without it's being
labeled as such?  or are you referring to some other brand(s)?

i've never cooked pumpkin pie from scratch, but after your note I'll be
buying some sugar pumpkins and baking them to make puree to see how it
comes out and what the taste difference is.  since the pumpkin that I buy
has always said simply "pumpkin", i didn't expect there to be a difference.

your information is appreciated!

I remain, in service to Meridies,
Lady Celia des L'archier