Yes, you can eat the skin and the guts of a pumpkin. When scooping out the insides of a pumpkin or a squash, separate the pulp (membrane) from the seeds and use the pulp in the soup. Roast the seeds and store them for later (it is safe to keep the shell on). This is a fantastic way of making the most of your pumpkins, especially around Halloween. The pumpkin’s skin can be eaten too, some pumpkin’s skin even dissolves when cooked, which makes it great for use in soups, stews, pies and other bakes (ie. Hokkaido pumpkin).