A cooked and pureed pumpkin freezes beautifully for out of season pies. So if you have the freezer space, it's worth buying an extra one.
US supermarkets are carrying more and more varieties of squash and eating pumpkins when the fall rolls around, but the best eating still comes from the farmers market. One of my top two is the Long Island Cheese Pumpkin and it's cousins, which includes the butternut squash. The two taste nearly identical. According to this seed saver site, another cousin is what Libby's chooses :-)
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US supermarkets are carrying more and more varieties of squash and eating pumpkins when the fall rolls around, but the best eating still comes from the farmers market. One of my top two is the Long Island Cheese Pumpkin and it's cousins, which includes the butternut squash. The two taste nearly identical. According to this seed saver site, another cousin is what Libby's chooses :-)
http://www.liseed.org/rambl_cheesemoschata.html
Viva Moschata squash family!