almost all "canned pumpkin" that you find in stores for pie making is actually butternut squash. Pumpkins and squash (and zucchini for that matter) can all cross-pollinate, which we found out at my house when we grew both pumpkins and zucchini and the seeds yielded strange inbetween hybrids that sort of resembled acorn squash. Beautiful pictures of your food, I always have a tough time finding the right lighting to make food look as delicious as it does in person and the close ups of the fried batter in particular turned out amazing! Great post :)