Libbys pumpkin in a tin...I know I know this has been done a million times

But I went to Waitrose today and looked EVERYWHERE! Can someone tell me where they found this in their local Waitrose please. While I was looking I managed to spend £20 on crap. Delish crap, but crap still.

look in with the canned fruit.  They usually only put a couple of cans out at a time so you might have to ask.  they are very good at Waitrose and you should be able to find someone to help you.  If they say they don't have it ask if they can get some in for you from one of their other stores.

At my nearest Waitrose, they've stopped stocking it!!!! Ugh. I'm seriously at a loss this year. My Mom-in law is shipping us a package of things, but it's already so big and heavy without them. I've even contemplated spending 16 POUNDS! ugh, via eBay on three cans. Is it available anywhere else? Someone on the boards should set up a shipping business for us disadvantaged ones throughout the UK!  haha 

At my nearest Waitrose, they've stopped stocking it!!!! Ugh. I'm seriously at a loss this year. My Mom-in law is shipping us a package of things, but it's already so big and heavy without them. I've even contemplated spending 16 POUNDS! ugh, via eBay on three cans. Is it available anywhere else? Someone on the boards should set up a shipping business for us disadvantaged ones throughout the UK!  haha 

We don't have Waitrose in Northern Ireland, and I've been craving pumpkin everything. So last weekend I bought a pumpkin at Co-op for £1.49, chopped it into quarters and threw it in the oven for an hour. When it was nice and tender I pureed it and plopped the puree into a metal strainer over a bowl and let it drain in the fridge overnight. Easy peasy! And I got two cans' worth of pumpkin out of it. I made some pumpkin muffins the other day that are FAB, and pumpkin oatmeal cookies are planned for tonight.

We don't have Waitrose in Northern Ireland, and I've been craving pumpkin everything. So last weekend I bought a pumpkin at Co-op for £1.49, chopped it into quarters and threw it in the oven for an hour. When it was nice and tender I pureed it and plopped the puree into a metal strainer over a bowl and let it drain in the fridge overnight. Easy peasy! And I got two cans' worth of pumpkin out of it. I made some pumpkin muffins the other day that are FAB, and pumpkin oatmeal cookies are planned for tonight.

How much did it weigh to begin with? Or what size, roughly, was it? I never know what size pumpkin to buy to equal a can of it in a recipe? It seems much nicer to use a real pumpkin! 

How much did it weigh to begin with? Or what size, roughly, was it? I never know what size pumpkin to buy to equal a can of it in a recipe? It seems much nicer to use a real pumpkin! 

Hmmm, I didn't weigh that one, but it was about the same size as the second one I bought which weighed in at 5 pounds. The ones you want are the smallish dark orange pie pumpkins, maybe the size of a volleyball or so? The big bright orange jack-o-lantern type is stringier and waterier.

Thanks, Elynor! Going pumpkin shopping this weekend! 

I usually do the same with a real pumpkin, but after reading everyone talk about the pumpkin in a tin, I thought I would get some. My macrobiotic eating mother would kill me if she knew I was going to get pumpkin in a tin when its so easy to bake up a pumpkin and use it that way.

I do know that Selfridges at the Trafford Centre stocks the pumpkin in a tin along with other overpriced US groceries. Imagine paying £5 for a package of Oreos...shocking mark up!

I usually do the same with a real pumpkin, but after reading everyone talk about the pumpkin in a tin, I thought I would get some. My macrobiotic eating mother would kill me if she knew I was going to get pumpkin in a tin when its so easy to bake up a pumpkin and use it that way.

Well, I will admit to having a couple of tins stashed in the cupboard. I'm not taking any chances with my Thanksgiving cheesecake. But since I've had an attack of the pumpkin-munchies, I've had to improvise.

look in with the canned fruit.  They usually only put a couple of cans out at a time so you might have to ask.  they are very good at Waitrose and you should be able to find someone to help you.  If they say they don't have it ask if they can get some in for you from one of their other stores.

Ah, see when I went to Waitrose, I looked with all of the tinned fruit and vegetables and couldnt' find it.  Asked someone and they brought me over (they always bring you over in Waitrose, it freaks me out - just TELL me where it is!!!!!   ) to the baking section.  So it was where the dried fruit and stuff was.

And Rach - your mom is a macrobiotic Jew??  How does that work?    AND, if she kicks up a fuss, just tell her that even Delia has a pumpkin pie recipe using a can of Libby's on her website!

Ok, so now I've read that it may be with canned fruit, dried fruit/baking, or near the ice cream in the freezer area.  Phew, I'll be going on quite the hunt when I finally drag my butt to Waitrose (Sunday maybe?). 

Also, you can use butternut squash in place of pumpkin, if you're cooking it yourself.  The flavour is pretty close once you add the seasonings you associate with most pumpkin dishes (nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, cloves) and there's a better flesh to skin/seeds/emptiness ratio.  Besides, the pumpkin Libby's uses is of the same species as butternut squash, but a different species to jack-o-lantern pumpkins.  But it is easiest right out of the tin. 

But it is easiest right out of the tin. 

If you live on an island with a Waitrose... :\\\'(

Also, you can use butternut squash in place of pumpkin, if you're cooking it yourself.  The flavour is pretty close once you add the seasonings you associate with most pumpkin dishes (nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, cloves) and there's a better flesh to skin/seeds/emptiness ratio.  Besides, the pumpkin Libby's uses is of the same species as butternut squash, but a different species to jack-o-lantern pumpkins.  But it is easiest right out of the tin. 

I make butternut squash pie instead of pumpkin, and it's delish!

We don't seem to have Waitrose up in Leeds so I had to get my tins from Skyco. I'm expecting the delivery on Monday. I think it's best to hurry if you want to get it from them because Cybercandy was out of stock, so I'm betting Skyco gets swamped with Thanksgiving coming up.

I make butternut squash pie instead of pumpkin, and it's delish!

Me, too. I got a recipe off a fellow expat and it's really not that much bother to peel, cube, boil, and mash it. And mashed pumpkin freezes well if you've got the space.