Why a Pumpkin is a Squash and a Squash is a Pumpkin
You Can Blame Cinderella For That
You know how you buy those canned jars of “Pumpkin” at the grocery store this time of year? Well, don’t freak out, but…
It actually comes from squash!
Or at least, what we Americans call squash. The vast majority of canned pumpkin comes from a varietal called “Dickinson’s.” A big, lumpy, tan, gourd-shaped version of a Butternut squash. Sometimes commercial canners mix in different varietals of the occasional ‘pumpkin’ in, but the vast majority of what is used for canned ‘pumpkin’ are squashes.
So, what then, IS the difference between a squash and a pumpkin?
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