Bit late now. 
Yeah, pity. What with all the foreigners here looking for pumpkins, I could have had, erm, about $858 in my pocket by now.
Easy to grow, though, and great weed suppressors. Grow me a big one for next year and Iāll give you $50 for it. 
Seriously, in the Wellcome on the first floor here they had these tiny ones you could hold in the palm of one hand. They sold like hotcakes.
For those of you whoāve got your pumpkin, take it to the next level.
20 seconds of fun, 2 hours of cleaning up.
Yeah, probably var. Baby Bear - arenāt they cute? I actually have a packet of them and completely forgot to plant them.
Jackpot! I can finally retire to my pumpkin patch.
There are organic pumkins for $80/kg at Grateful Growers, here: forumosa.com/taiwan/viewtopi ā¦ 6#p1235806. Weāve gotten some good pumpkins from them, and will be making a few pumpkin pies to sell in November.
Spotted at the Wellcome on Anhe.
$35 for the tiny ones.
Man i do love pumpkin pies !! Soon as it becomes a rage in Taiwan there will be pumpkins up the kazoo.
Good grief, tommy, you love pumpkins that much? 
Personally I think pumpkin pie tastes awful, but there is a thai concoction (made with a similar-but-different kind of squash and coconut milk) thatās really good. If anyone knows what Iām talking about, let me know what itās called - I havenāt seen it for a while in restaurants and Iād like to have a go at making it.
Incidentally, thanks for the Grateful Growers link, DB. Looks like they have some nice stuff - thinking about doing their āfarm tourā, if I can be bothered to go down to Nantou.
not all pumpkin pies are created equal. In fact I think its quite challenging to get a great pumpkin pie, but when you do, its really really good 
Great info here. Do any of you fellow pumpkin/fall/Halloween lovers know anywhere in Taipei I can find candy corn??? Wellcomes, Carrefours, Breeze, SOGO and the seasonal stores donāt seem to have it. Obviously this isnāt an essential itemā¦ I donāt want to give up hope quite yet. Invite to my Halloween party and free candy corn to the first person who knows !!!
Dunno but Iād try Wellmanās first.
I went there tonight and there were only 3 left. I picked up 2 of them, including the one with the eyes taped on in the pic.
Been looking around, havenāt seen any good leads lately. Where can I find medium/large pumpkins in or near New Taipei?
I have seen quite a few at the traditional markets. How about the flower markets? They have veggie sellers too.
So, standing here at 22:40 at the former Jasonās in Tien-Mu. Itās now some French looking name. Mia CāBon?
No large sized pumpkins to be had. Just some small pathetic, painted and over-priced ones.
Anybody seen any real, full sized pumpkins? Costco? RT Mart? Other places?
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Wanna make a pie?
Pumpkin pie, pumpkin spiced latte, pumpkin milkshake, pumpkin soup.
Only North American smooth skinned orange will do. The Taiwanese squashes are total shitte.
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Buy American canned.
You only catch up now? We posted this like 2 months ago.
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