Pumpkins

By the way it is a ghost pumpkin if that makes a difference.

Google pumpkin recipes - pumpkin soup, pumpkin curry, pumpkin pie (yum yum) I went to Tesco and sadly all gone!

Very versatile!
I cut into chunks and bake till soft. It concentrates the flavour and the skin is easily removed then.

All the above and roast pumpkin (drizzle with oil, perhaps add a few chilli flakes)
and roast with the skin on as NotSpaghetti says, as it may be difficult to peel when raw.

There has been a campaign to encourage us to eat the pumpkins as about 6 million are wasted each year after being carved for Hallowe'en.

Round us, people who keep chickens or pigs always seem keen to have them for feed.

My local garden centre is holding a 'pumpkin amnesty'

My son made pumpkin pie. I was dubious. But it was delicious!

A friend in Oz used to make the most delicious pumpkin soup with just a slight hint of curry. I've never tasted the like of it since and never did get the recipe unfortunately because I love making soups.

I love pumpkin ! In Oz, it is treated like a second veg, either steamed or roasted. If you cut it into chunks, sometimes the skin is easy to cut off - if not, cook it with the skin on and it will be easy to remove.
You basically treat it the same as butternut squash.

Those ghost pumpkins have hardly anything inside them, just a lot of seeds and "threads", not much you can do with those.

Look up a recipe for Pumpkin Spice Cake, easy to find and delicious.

Use in casseroles and stews as you would carrots or other root veg.

To peel: cut into sections and run a knife between pumpkin and skin as you would a melon. Then chop the pumpkin 'meat' into cubes and freeze.

As everyone says the internet is awash with pumpkin and squash recipes. All are completely interchangeable.

This year I have Butternut squashes, Turk's Turban squashes and standard pumpkins. The first two I grew, the pumpkins my neighbour grew and gave to me.

Oh no! I had no idea the “ghost” ones have nothing much inside!
What a pity. The others are delicious and versatile.
I hope yours DOES have some flesh inside Greenfinch

jaylucy no Australian roast dinner is complete without roast pumpkin

I suspect the majority of large pumpkins sold in the UK are the ghost variety. I wish the shops here sold more of the proper ones, but as they seem to be sold only for carving, not for eating, they're not available after Halloween. Pity.

Thanks to all those who responded.Lots of ideas here which I hope to follow up.DD has taken possession of the pumpkin but as she mainly wanted it for the seeds ,I don't think she will be disappointed if there isn't much flesh. I would like to try some of these recipes though.

I thought that ghost pumpkins were white?

Perhaps not

Mine is.

I thought ghost pumpkin was just a term for pumpkins that had little else but seeds and string. Maybe I'm wrong...

Not sure where you are, Bathsheba but I’ve always had plenty of flesh from UK pumpkins.
It’s quite a few years since we grew our own so they’ve been “Halloween” ones from supermarkets and have still been fine.

I made soup with one a few years ago. It was very bland and I wouldn't waste my time again. There edible one that are much more palatable.

As others have said, there are lots of recipes on line, and can be used like any other squash.
If I have no immediate plans, I will roast then puree the pumpkin and freeze in 1 cup measures for baking muffins or cakes.
Dogs also love pumpkin and it is good for them. I will give a few tablespoons to my dog with her regular hard food.

Pumpkin loaf, muffins, and cakes are yummy as well.

We found that the pumpkins didn't have enough flesh this year. It seemed they had been bred for lanterns not as a vegetable. We always used to make soup with bacon and roast the seeds with salt. Still, much easier to carve so I am told. It had stringy stuff inside like a spaghetti marrow.No

No idea where " no" came from.