Pumpkin...?!
Answers: Are pumpkins available to buy at this time of year?
Yes but they will be starting to get a bit old by now if not properly stored. You can go for smaller type pumpkins though such as acorn, butternut, etc that are around for a very long time. If it is traditional orange pumpkin that you seek then it would be better to just get the canned as orange pumpkins are all but gone by the end of Thanksgiving.
Probably not locally.
they certainly are, eat one and you turn orange...OH NOES!
Probably somewhere, but it's ever a good idea to buy food out of season, it always tastes horrible.
Maybe somewhere, but they are out of season, so would be expensive and probably not taste as good. However, I have seen tinned pumpkin in a delicatessan, so maybe that could be a good alternative.
It depends on where you live. Sometimes local greenhouses may have pumpkins growing for food or decoration use. Also, you can buy canned pumpkin for most recipes. Libby's seems a popular brand, and works fantastic in pies, muffins, and breads.
Yeah! they've got loads of different varieties in Sainsbury's and there was a farmers maket on in Oxford City Centre this weekend where they had some massive ones.
I am aware that if you are no where near oxford this would make absolutely no odds to you, but just letting you know that you can get them.
Best Wishes
Kez
Pumpkins are harvested in autumn so i doubt it...
grocery store they have pumpkins, in most for sale, usually cut talk to your grocer if you need a whole one
in my area they are out of season now....
you can purchase a can of pumpkin...but not fresh.
Pumpkin, one of the common names for a genus of flowering plants that are characteristically spreading vines with showy yellow-orange flowers, large lobed leaves, and long twisting tendrils. The pumpkin genus is native to warmer parts of America and is an economically important member of the gourd family.
Pumpkins, squash, and some kinds of gourd are the fruits of four different species of this genus, although the names are interchangeable. Summer squash is eaten when the fruit is immature. Winter squash, or marrow, is derived from all four species and is eaten after the fruit has matured. Winter squash may be stored for winter consumption, hence the name. All four species also produce pumpkins, which are similar to winter squash. They are used mainly as pie filling and to make jack-o’-lanterns.
Scientific classification: Pumpkins make up the genus Cucurbita of the family Cucurbitaceae. The four different species of the genus producing pumpkins, autumn and winter squashes, and some kinds of gourd are classified as Cucurbita maxima, Cucurbita mixta, Cucurbita moschata, and Cucurbita pepo. Summer squash is only from Cucurbita pepo