Where can I get a Pumpkin?

bajer101

As per the thread title, I'm trying to get my hands on a Pumpkin. Nothing nefarious and not up to the usual After Hours standards, but rather a genuine appeal for help. I promised my daughter that we would make a Pumpkin Pie (she is half American), and we gathered the ingredients. However, once we started using the Pumpkin for carving, it quickly became obvious that we could not use the same Pumpkin for the pie.

I've tried all the major supermarkets nearby, but they obviously don't have them in stock anymore. So, does anyone know where I can get a Pumpkin in North Dublin?

Thanks.

gifted

I've three outside my door here dude...free of charge

Guy:Incognito

Pumpkin shop. Down in the pumpkin district.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Greengrocers here still selling them

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly

Try the skip behind your local shop.

bajer101

Haley Scary Karaoke wrote: »

Greengrocers here still selling them

Where's that?

Joeseph Balls

Isn't there a pumpkin farm in Kilkenny?
Edit; there is a few around and can be found on Google.

bajer101

Joeseph Balls wrote: »

Isn't there a pumpkin farm in Kilkenny?

Lapis, I think I posted the same request on FB and a friend replied that they know the farmer and will ask. I was actually hoping for someone around the corner to say they had a spare one!

muddypaws

Fallon and Byrne on Exchequer Street might have canned pumpkin. The candy Lab in Temple Bar definitely had some. Aldi usually do it in the summer for 4th July and I tend to stock up.

Good luck, pumpkin pie is lovely.

bajer101

muddypaws wrote: »

Fallon and Byrne on Exchequer Street might have canned pumpkin. Aldi usually do it in the summer for 4th July and I tend to stock up.

Good luck, pumpkin pie is lovely.

Canned pumpkin would definitely do, thanks. Might even be better for the quality of the pie. I think I prefer using the full pumpkin this time though, as we're cooking together, if you get me. But that's great to know that you can it in cans. Pumpkin pie is gorgeous. It shouldn't make sense, but does taste great.

Joeseph Balls

bajer101 wrote: »

Lapis, I think I posted the same request on FB and a friend replied that they know the farmer and will ask. I was actually hoping for someone around the corner to say they had a spare one!

Lapis?
I'm not sure where you are but there some in Meath and Galway. I'd ask the local veg shops though as they might have some out back waiting for the pig men or the dump lol

EndaHonesty

Carving pumpkins are not for cooking so make sure you get the correct variety...

Will I Am Not

Reynoldstown Farm, just outside Balbriggan had a pumpkin patch for Halloween. Surely they would have some left.

bajer101

EndaHonesty wrote: »

Carving pumpkins are not for cooking so make sure you get the correct variety...

Just heard that elsewhere, and it was something I hadn't considered. While pumpkin pie is a very popular dish in the States, I've never seen it here. Explained to my daughter, and she agreed that the canned variety is the way to go.

Can anyone confirm stock of canned pumpkin anywhere?

McMurphy

The candy shops in Dublin city (Templebar) have canned pumpkin pie for sure.

I was in one on Monday.

Is pumpkin pie sweet or savoury?

EndaHonesty

Rick Shaw wrote: »

The candy shops in Dublin city (Templebar) have canned pumpkin pie for sure.

I was in one on Monday.

In a can of pumpkin pie?!

How did you get out?

Strawberry Milkshake

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Is pumpkin pie sweet or savoury?

its sweet. very delicious

Kermit.de.frog

I bought my pumpkin shares in June and they have gone up and up since. I reckon they are going to peak sometime around January.

Gerrup Outta Dat!

It's very hard to find them outside October. I make a savage pumpkin soup :P

freshpopcorn

You might find one cheap in a supermarket buy one thing I do know is a few years ago I read the label on the pumpkin I was carving and it said it wasn't suitable for consumption.
Most people that I have heard of making pumpkin pie uses canned pumpkin!

Toto Wolfcastle

Dollard and Co had canned pumpkin the other day.

erica74

I was looking for canned pumpkin myself and was told by a poster that their local Aldi had canned pumpkin. I didn't have any luck myself but you might get it in an Aldi near you?

Tabnabs

Lidl have very large pumpkins on special offer.

Gerrup Outta Dat!

freshpopcorn wrote: »

You might find one cheap in a supermarket buy one thing I do know is a few years ago I read the label on the pumpkin I was carving and it said it wasn't suitable for consumption.
Most people that I have heard of making pumpkin pie uses canned pumpkin!

Why wouldn’t it be what if another customer removed the label and puts the pumpkin back and another customer buys it to eat? (Or the label simply falls off).

Wossack

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

Why wouldn’t it be what if another customer removed the label and puts the pumpkin back and another customer buys it to eat? (Or the label simply falls off).

still edible, just not nice