Also the canned pureed pumpkin for making pies and other Thanksgiving type of dishes. I know I could buy a whole pumpkin but I think it's too big and usually wasteful.
Anyone know where to buy these things?
These are two things I always miss in the fall and have not had any luck finding. I saw fresh cranberries once at Migros in 4 years living here, never again.
I have seen some fresh cranberries here occasionally, I can't say for sure exactly when or where, sorry.
So far as canned pumpkin goes, I'd check at Aldi and stores like that OR perhaps since Coop has been "upping" their variety of foods from UK, maybe they'll be getting some pureed pumpkin in as well.
Meanwhile, I know I've seen cooking pumpkins a variety of ways in both Coop and Migros, if I remember right also in Manor. Coop has some cut into chunks in the packaged salad / refrigerated fresh herb section of at least one of the stores near me. Migros and Coop both tend to have pumpkin "slices" in various sizes, perfect for baking just a bit to puree yourself for some soup or pie.
You can get in touch with the American Market in Nyon. They usually have canned cranberry jelly and pumpkin puree. They may be able to mail it to you . But get it now though!
The larger Migros supermarkets in Zurich had fresh cranberries both last year and the year before, expect to see them again this year. As PegA mentioned, those pumpkin slices you can get are very handy for pies, with no waste (I've also bought fresh 'to measure' slices at the farmer's market, which have the added bonus of also being very reasonably priced per kilo). Coop also does a Prix Guarantee bag of pumpkin chunks, pre-skinned, -seeded, and -sliced.
If you make cranberry relish from a mix of fresh and canned, as some do, I've found mixing fresh cranberries with the lingonberry jam from Ikea works in a pinch... if you don't mind Ikea invading even this aspect of your life!
you may find fresh cranberries at globus. i've found them there (at least in lausanne!) around thanksgiving time but they cost a small fortune for a bag- don't remember exactly but somewhere between 9-12 chfs. pumpkin filling is available at most american stores in cans- the one here in lausanne has it, nyon and geneva as well. but, if you go to the market, you can buy a pumpkin for pie that is small, and very yummy for pie or desserts.
Amaraya, where's the American market in Lausanne?
Last year and the year before the Coop in Belp and in downtown Bern had fresh cranberries. Ocean Spray from Canada. They were about CHF 5 per bag. Since you live in THun, you can check the big coop in Heimberg, but sometimes I think they stock fewer exotic things. The other Coop, near the Bau and Hobby in the southern part of Thun might also have them...but I think it's still early.
As for pumpkins... there are loads of pumpkins everywhere. Right off the highway between Bern and Lausanne, there is a huge pumpkin stand - I think it's the Neuchatel exit. But you can also get pumpkins in the markets and in Coop and Migros. The orange pumpkins that look like a big onion or if you can find a kobucha (big green and grey), or a delicia pumpkin, those have the most dense, sweet flesh.
I roast the pumpkin, remove the skin, puree it, and then, if it looks thin, cook it down at a slow temperature with cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, mace, vanilla, a little salt and sugar - if I'm going to use it for pie.
You can also buy cans of pumpkin puree in globus and I thought I saw it in coop, maybe in Bern. But it costs as much as a big old pumpkin sometimes. Plus, my dog loves pumpkin so she always get a a little too.
This topic gets discussed every year...
Thank you!
BTW I did do a forum search but got 0 results. Somehow the search function is not very useful?
Have you ever tried ordering stuff online? There are a lot of shops offering stuff like canned pumpkin or pumpkin pie filling...it's just a bit more expensive of course...
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saw fresh (ocean spray) cranberries at migros two days ago.
I bought fresh cranberries at a Migros yesterday (in Zurich). I had to go to more than one Migros though as the smaller one near me did not have them - found them at a big one.
As for pumpkin puree I have not seen it here, but do make my own from a small pumpkin - usually have enough leftover to make a pumpkin soup. I have seen pieces of cut pumpkin in the Migros lately though which might work for one pie.
We got our cranberries at COOP City in Geneva and was at the American Store in Nyon on Saturday afternoon - they had both canned pumpkin as well as canned pumpkin pie mix. They also had the hideous cranberry jelly!!
Dan