Food Obsession!

My food obsession has always been all things PUMPKIN. Pumpkin bread, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin pie, pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin pudding...anything and everything pumpkin(I'm actually debating right now if I should have a pumpkin flavored wedding cake for my autumn wedding...).
So my heart broke when I heard the news that my boyfriend had never eaten anything pumpkin...nor had his family. So I began to wonder...can I even FIND canned pumpkin in the UK??? We went to a local American Candy shop when I was visiting him a few weeks ago...and I thought I'd just take a peek...to see if there was any possible way that they could have a single can of pumpkin on the shelf...and lo and behold, there they were!!! Cans of pumpkin AND pumpkin pie filling(I even saw my beloved pumpkin pie poptarts!) 
I am overjoyed that I can continue making my delicious pumpkin creations(whether my boyfriends likes them or not )

Canned pumpkin is available at Waitrose.  It's not hugely common in the UK, but not unknown either.  I make pumpkin pie for my colleagues every Thanksgiving, and it always goes down a storm.  Don't worry too much about it .

If you live near a Whole Foods in the UK, they usually carry it.    In London, I've gotten it there and Waitrose (although I always have to hunt for it in Waitrose since I can never remember which aisle it's in  ).

Failing those two places, House of Fraser sometimes carries it, but Waitrose is your best bet UK wide. Mine is a smallish one and it carries it year round.

In London, I've gotten it there and Waitrose (although I always have to hunt for it in Waitrose since I can never remember which aisle it's in  ).

I have had a similar experience.    From what I've gathered, though, at Waitrose it is usually shelved with canned fruit.

Butternut squash does a great pumpkin impression and it's available year round everywhere

My food obsession has always been all things PUMPKIN. Pumpkin bread, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin pie, pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin pudding...anything and everything pumpkin(I'm actually debating right now if I should have a pumpkin flavored wedding cake for my autumn wedding...).
So my heart broke when I heard the news that my boyfriend had never eaten anything pumpkin...nor had his family. So I began to wonder...can I even FIND canned pumpkin in the UK??? We went to a local American Candy shop when I was visiting him a few weeks ago...and I thought I'd just take a peek...to see if there was any possible way that they could have a single can of pumpkin on the shelf...and lo and behold, there they were!!! Cans of pumpkin AND pumpkin pie filling(I even saw my beloved pumpkin pie poptarts!) 
I am overjoyed that I can continue making my delicious pumpkin creations(whether my boyfriends likes them or not )

I make an amazing pumpkin baked zitti with sage breadcrumbs several times each fall. It's AWESOME. You should expand into savory pumpkin things.

Tesco has tins of Libby's pumpkin for £2 each, sometimes they are 2 for £3.

Thanks, everybody!!! I'm so glad that I'll be able to find some!!! Fall/Winter time is not complete without it!!!

Tesco has tins of Libby's pumpkin for £2 each, sometimes they are 2 for £3.

Oooh!!  I never saw them before. That's exciting!

Making fishcakes - being pescetarian has open up all new flavours:
tuna, wasabi, ginger and spring onion fishcakes &
salmon, caper, dill and cornichon fishcakes
Yum yum!