For the love of pumpkins
As much as I love living is San Francisco one of it’s low points for me is highlighted in this season. Every grocery store I go into outside of San Francisco there are multiple huge crates overflowing with giant orange orbs. The selection in San Francisco is pathetic. There are at most 2 or 3 dozen pumpkins per grocery store. Sure, Whole Foods may carry more oddly colored lumpy heirloom pumpkins, but I’m looking for the classic icon of Halloween, something I can satisfyingly sink my knife into.
I have also been searching for sugar pumpkins. They are smaller pumpkins optimized for baking. How am I supposed to make pumpkin pie? With canned pumpkin? Yuck. I am so sad about the lack of pumpkins in my life. I just want to rip out the gooey innards of a nice round orange pumpkin. It seems like too much to ask of SF.
While sugar pumpkins are good for pie, some of the heirloom varieties you passed on because they weren’t right for carving are downright excellent for pies. The Jarrahdale pumpkins are widely regarded as one of the best pumpkin pie pumpkins.
October 7th, 2008 at 6:45 am
SF may suck, but you should come to the Pak’N'Save near Ravenloft. Visit us and enjoy our bounty!
October 7th, 2008 at 9:04 am
@ian thanks for the tip. I might have to try one of those grey pumpkins for baking.
@jerry good idea! perhaps this weekend if you guys do gaming again
October 7th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
We have tonnes here in the south bay, shall I send you one?
October 8th, 2008 at 1:06 am
@basalt thanks, that’s very sweet. I’ll be driving down to San Jose this Friday to pick up a couple.
October 8th, 2008 at 6:13 pm