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> >It's considered too dense to safely 
> be canned. 

I would tend to believe it.  Of all the canned food I've ever dealt with 
(quite a bit!) pumpkin accounts for at least 75% of all the spoiled jars of 
food.  
 

A few years ago I determined that I was growing pumpkins way too early in the 
season.  Spring planted pumpkins matured in July and then deteriorated in the 
hot summer heat and did not keep well.  So I've started planting pumpkins in 
July and August.  Frost just killed the vines.  The mature pumpkins (I didn't 
time this year's as well as last year's) which were about 1/3 of them on the 
vines, will keep until well into next summer so I don't really need to can 
any.

But since you have indicated that you do it with good results, I will 
dehydrate some this year.  I've done that with squashes and used them in 
squash soup 
and it was excellent.


James