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Default Canned pumpkin shortage?



"Bruce" > wrote in message
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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:
>>> >
>>> >> 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.

>
> 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)?
>


Is courgette called summer squash?

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