Can you eat pumpkin skin?

It’s not really a question of whether you can eat the skin, because you can. The real question is whether you actually want to eat pumpkin skin. 

Pumpkin skins are edible, but they’re not exactly delicious. That doesn’t apply to every pumpkin, by the way. The question is: which pumpkin skin do you want in your soup, and which one don’t you?

The older, the more unpleasant
When it comes to pumpkins: the older they are, the tougher and thicker the skin becomes. So not all pumpkin skins will soften when you cook them. If you want to give it a try, it’s best to use the skin of a young pumpkin from before February.

Yes
So which ones can you eat? Japanese hokkaido, winter squash, butternut squash and green kabocha. Butternut squash skin does have a slightly different flavor, so if you don’t like it, feel free to throw it away.

No
Spaghetti squash, musquée pumpkin and pattypan squash are pumpkins you’re better off hollowing out. The skin of these pumpkins is too thick, which makes the texture of your dish much less pleasant.

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