Vegetable

Dickinson

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Dickinson pumpkin is a tan-skinned, elongated processing type (Cucurbita moschata lineage) that supplies much of the canned “pumpkin” puree in the United States—smooth, low-string flesh after industrial cooking, not a round orange jack. Fresh Dickinson looks more like a tan squash than a Halloween icon. Flavour is mild-sweet and consistent for manufacturing. Home cooks rarely see whole Dickinson; canned puree is the usual form. If obtained fresh, roast and puree like butternut-class moschata. Excellent pie and soup base without watery pepo strings.