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Canned pumpkin shortage?
On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 21:43:11 -0700, sf > wrote:
>On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 14:05:52 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
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>> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 20:22:17 -0700, sf > wrote:
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>> >On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 09:04:47 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
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>> >> 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:
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>> >> >> 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?
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>> >> >I haven't noticed a shortage, but this isn't the time of year people
>> >> >normally shop for canned pumpkin.
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>> >> Do y'all only eat pumpkin during Thanksgiving?
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>> >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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>> Yes, I believe so. And you have winter squash (our pumpkin), summer
>> squash (our zucchini/courgette) and a party vegetable for Halloween
>> (also pumpkin here)?
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>That's an over simplification, but yes. Pumpkins are the big orange
>squash we carve at Halloween. There are other varieties of pumpkin,
>but they are only available in the Fall around Halloween and
>Thanksgiving.
I think this is the only thing that's called squash in an Australian
supermarket:
<http://fruitandvegetablesmelbourne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Baby-Yellow-Squash.jpg>
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