Hi all,

It seems now that Halloween is over, it is almost impossible to find whole pumpkins in the shops.

I want to make a recipe (a soup) that requires the whole pumpkin, as this acts as the bowl and the soup is baked in it.

Where can I find a whole pumpkin to do this? I live in Oerlikon (8050) if it helps?

It's the same with any seasonal produce, buy when they are plentiful and preserve.
They don't keep forever just sitting around.

I think even the nearby farmshop has removed them from their pumpkin patch.

A farmshop is your only hope, as the major retailers wont cater for individual needs, if there's no mass demand.

I have some pumpkins left over from my garden, they're still good. If you want to have one, I work in Oerlikon and you can pick one up this week.

Good advice, but hard to stock up if i don't know i'm going to need one...and i didn't

The Farmer's Market in Schaffhausen still had quite a few pumpkins available today. Maybe check your local farmer's market?

They're easily frozen in small chunks, without seeds and skin.

Always worth having a few bags of chunks in the freezer.

but he wants the shell to serve it in (and maybe even cook it in?), I believe - so chunks in the freezer won't help.

Out in the countryside there have been the pumpkin stands, but by us they were probably covered in all the snow. Not sure if there are still any around.

Please see the thread title.

Pumpkin chunks are available most of the year round in the bigger supermarkets, but i need the whole pumpkin to bake my soup.