Carving pumpkins (or jack-o-lantern pumpkins) tend to have pale orange flesh, and not very much of it. ... Pie pumpkins have a more dense flesh that isn't as stringy. It's easier to scrape out in bigger chunks, rather than in stringy clumps like spaghetti squash.

Is stringy pumpkin bad?

What Pumpkins Are Best for Cooking? ... Not all pumpkins are going to yield satisfactory results when it comes to cooking with them. Many pumpkins, especially the larger ones, have flesh that is stringy and watery, and don't make for such a great eating or baking experience. Save those for Jack-O-Lanterns.

Can you eat the stringy bits in a pumpkin?

You can eat the stringy bits, once separated from the seeds. The Chef munched on it raw while working, but a more appealing use is to turn them into pumpkin cider: Boil the strings to make a thin broth. ... Alternatively, boil the strings and keep the pumpkin stock for soup. You can also cook them like spaghetti squash.