November 22, 2004
sky blue pumpkin
Let’s hope that cultural differences are only skin deep, at least when it comes to pumpkins. Aussies are fascinated by pumpkin pie – they can’t imagine eating sweet pumpkin. Pumpkin soup is more normal to them, so pumpkin pie, the Thanksgiving tradition, is exotic. Upon learning this, I promised to make a pumpkin pie for our small group at church. We meet on Thursday nights, and as this Thursday will be Thanksgiving, I thought it would be appropriate. Everyone seems to be VERY excited about it anyway.
Imagine my surprise when I went to buy the pumpkin yesterday. Not only was it outrageously expensive, it was also…blue. Kind of grey-blue to be specific. It was the only type of squash that looked like a pumpkin, though. (All squash here is called pumpkin, which is a bit confusing. E.g., you can buy a butternut pumpkin.) So I bought it.
I hope it’s not blue on the inside.
Posted by at 6:27 pm
hi! i found your blog by searching for a blue pumpkin…very difficult to find here! i had one a couple years ago and can’t find one again. do you by any chance have seeds? or a recommendation on how to get some? i am planning my patch for next year
thanks
sarah oakleaf () - November 02, 2005 at 12:59 am
