"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>
> "Bruce" > wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 09:24:51 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
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>>>On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 16:12:10 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:
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>>>>On Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 3:25:56 PM UTC-5, Jeßus wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I've never seen canned pumpkin in my entire life.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>WOW! You need to get out more!
>>>
>>>I'm honestly not sure if it is sold in Australia?
>>>A bit presumptuous of me, but I think most Australia's would regard
>>>canning pumpkin to be odd thing to do. We treat it more as a fresh
>>>vegetable.
>>>
>>>Just did some googling, and there are many results where Australians
>>>are asking where it can be bought. So it's a fairly exotic item here.
>>>Then there is the small matter of definitions of 'pumpkin', because I
>>>know what we call 'butternut pumpkins' you guys call it 'squash', for
>>>example. Pumpkin pie also sounds strange to us too
>>
>> Maybe it's a cultural difference. Maybe when an American wants to eat
>> an apple, they order one canned, from Amazon.com.
>
> Hardly.

I use canned pumpkin year round and have never had any problem finding it on
the grocery shelves.

Cheri