Originally Posted by
sampson001
I am just curious, have often seen recipes for pumpkin pie, but do you always use tin pumpkin? And what is pumpkin spice made up of. We don't have tin pumpkin here pumpkins are in abundant supply and grown in a lot of home vegetable gardens. We mainly roast, mash pumpkin or have pumpkin chips. Do you buy pumpkin to cook and eat? sorry I sound really dumb but I have always wondered about this.
Here's the ingredients usually found in pumpkin spice:
http://gourmet.lovetoknow.com/Pumpkin_Spice_Ingredients
Most Americans use canned pumpkins. I helped a cousin once make pumpkin from scratch - I'd rather buy a can of pumpkin!
I'm thinking that 2 cups of mashed pumpkin (no chunks) would be equivalent to 1 can of pumpkin.
Nancy - I have tried the chocolate cake mix with a plain can of pumpkin - it was great! And lo-cal to boot!