OK, I picked my first pumpkin today. I want to make puree for pies right away with it. Does it look ripe? I watched lots of utubes on how to tell if they are ripe. It had a very brown and dead curly que thing and a hard stem. Pressing my thumbnail into it just dents it, doesn't penetrate. When I cut the stem it was solid (not hollow). All those say it should be ripe. But does it look like it?
