Pumpkin/Squash. Look at these photos. Are these types edible?

[FSogol]

Can they be turned into pumpkin cookies, pumpkin bread, etc.

Thanks,

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. They should all be fine used as pumpkins -

cut in half, remove seeds, put on a baking sheet cut side down and bake at 350 for 45 min or so, until a fork easily pierces into the skin....cool, scrape out, puree and use in soup, pie, scones, etc. should be yummy!

[FSogol]

2. Thanks. I do that for a lot of types of squash, but never encountered these types

before.

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. You should be able to tell once you cut them - if the flesh is a good color and thick

and they bake to a tender state, they should be fine. good luck!

Be sure to save the seeds - I like to coat with a bit of oil then lots of spices - and sugar, depending if you want them spicy/chile type for snacking, or use sugar and cinnamon for sweeter snacks. we love them both ways - use them in soups as a topping.

[FSogol]

4. I do that too. I put a little salt and cayenne pepper for snacking.

Thanks again.

[Retrograde]

5. They look like perfectly normal squashes to me

especially the orange-colored ones. Now some, like turban squashes are IMHO not worth the effort (it takes a cleaver and mallet to open them), but they're all either the same species or closely related (curcubits are notoriously promiscuous) and can be used the same way you'd cook a pumpkin.

My experience with cooking pumpkin pies from scratch is that they come out paler in color than those using canned pumpkin, but tasty nonetheless.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

6. They are pumpkins and squashes, therefore, by definition, are inedible

Or, at best, taste very nasty.

[Snobblevitch]

7. What is somewhat interesting

is that the canned pumpkin most people ise to make their 'home made' pumpkin pies is not really made from pumpkins.