{"id":29,"date":"2026-10-31T02:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T02:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beesmileypastries.com\/?p=29"},"modified":"2026-10-31T03:36:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T03:36:03","slug":"baking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beesmileypastries.com\/?p=29","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin madness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/beesmileypastries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261029_174904-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beesmileypastries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261029_174904-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beesmileypastries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261029_174904-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beesmileypastries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261029_174904-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beesmileypastries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261029_174904-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beesmileypastries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261029_174904-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I recently went to my favorite garden center to check out their pumpkins. Ever since I found out that there are specific pumpkin\/squash varieties best for cooking and baking certain pastries, I have been trying out different ones every fall season. One thing I struggle with when picking the right pumpkin is identifying which ones are which since some can look identical to one another, kinda like with mushrooms. I&#8217;ve been on the hunt for a specific pumpkin called long island cheese. I read it&#8217;s good for pies and pastries because of its flavor and I&#8217;m pretty sure I finally found one!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"965\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/beesmileypastries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261029_1753061-965x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beesmileypastries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261029_1753061-965x1024.jpg 965w, https:\/\/beesmileypastries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261029_1753061-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/beesmileypastries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261029_1753061-768x815.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beesmileypastries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261029_1753061-1447x1536.jpg 1447w, https:\/\/beesmileypastries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261029_1753061-1930x2048.jpg 1930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The overall flattened shape I saw online is not very prominent on this pumpkin but what made me feel sure was seeing the top center body being more concaved. I also asked chatgpt and he said he&#8217;s 90% sure which made me have 100% trust after that. \ud83d\ude05<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although after researching its doppelganger named new england cheddar, I am a bit skeptical whether it is the right pumpkin. It says both are good for pies, but I can&#8217;t help but wonder! (to be continued..)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently went to my favorite garden center to check out their pumpkins. Ever since I found out that there are specific pumpkin\/squash varieties best for cooking and baking certain pastries, I have been trying out different ones every fall season. One thing I struggle with when picking the right pumpkin is identifying which ones [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beesmileypastries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beesmileypastries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beesmileypastries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beesmileypastries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beesmileypastries.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/beesmileypastries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59,"href":"https:\/\/beesmileypastries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions\/59"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beesmileypastries.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beesmileypastries.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beesmileypastries.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}