On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 22:11:25 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 22:49:32 -0600, Janet B >
>wrote:
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>> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 21:32:19 -0700, sf > wrote:
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>> >On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 11:03:43 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
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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:
>> >> >
>> >> >>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.
>> >
>> >Do you cook an apple down every time you want apple sauce?
>>
>> Oh yes. That's something that is really easy in the microwave.
>> Janet US
>
>You'd cook an apple down if you wanted applesauce to make a cake? I
>often take extra steps - that isn't one of them.

for me the extra step would be going to the store to buy a can of
applesauce and having some of it hang around after I'd used what I
needed. Besides, canned applesauce is kind of like a McDonalds
hamburger. It's called a hamburger but tastes nothing like a real
hamburger.
Janet US