The Unnecessary Guilt Trip of Using Canned Pumpkin as Real Pumpkin As home cooks, we often feel compelled to justify our kitchen shortcuts, fearing they betray a fundamental principle of cooking.
This guilt trip is particularly acute when it comes to pumpkin, with many assuming that canned pumpkin is inferior to its fresh counterpart.
The History of Canned Pumpkin: A Convenient yet Questionable Tradition Canned pumpkin has been around since the early 20th century, when Libby's began selling canned pumpkin puree in tin cans.