"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 15:39:03 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 21:43:11 -0700, sf > wrote:
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>> >On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 14:05:52 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 20:22:17 -0700, sf > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 09:04:47 +1000, Bruce >
>> >> >wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 14:56:09 -0700, sf > wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >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)?
>> >
>> >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>
>
> Those are yellow Patty Pan squash. They come in green and white too.
> Zucchini/courgette also come in yellow and green. There is a type
> labeled at the grocery store as Mexican, but the seed companies call
> it "gray" (it's not rare).
> http://www.rareseeds.com/assets/1/14...i-DSC06563.jpg
>
> Less commonly found is a round zucchini. It's cute, but why bother
> with it if all you're going to do is slice and steam it? I tried
> stuffing it once, but wasn't impressed with the result.
> http://tinyfarmblog.com/wp-content/u...l_zucchini.jpg
>
> Not saying zucchini varieties are limited to the above, but those are
> the most common at my grocery stores. Zucchini is like eggplant and
> bananas. You think you've heard about them all and then you learn
> there's more.
>
> I think the bigger difference between our cultures is that Americans
> don't just say we're having "squash" for dinner the way you say
> "pumpkin". We name the type of squash it is we're talking about and
> I've never seen a Brit or Australian define what they're talking about
> beyond "courgette" or "pumpkin". Co
>

I just grow regular ones, yellow or green. I've never seen a big round one
like that. Was it not seedy?


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