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Default Canned pumpkin shortage?

On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 09:04:47 +1000, Bruce > wrote:

> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 14:56:09 -0700, sf > wrote:
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> >On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 12:12:57 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
> >
> >> Haven't seen any Libby's on my local store shelf for months, and this
> >> is a store that carries canned pumpkin year round.
> >> My wife checked another store, which confirmed there is a shortage.
> >> Anybody know what's up?

> >
> >I haven't noticed a shortage, but this isn't the time of year people
> >normally shop for canned pumpkin.

>
> Do y'all only eat pumpkin during Thanksgiving?


The short answer is yes (that's when it's most popular), but we have
lots of other squashes that we eat "year round" or in season. I
suspect that you call every winter squash a pumpkin.


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