On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 08:30:26 -0600, Janet B >
wrote:
> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 22:11:25 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 22:49:32 -0600, Janet B >
> >wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 21:32:19 -0700, sf > wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 11:03:43 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 09:24:51 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >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
So you're saying you would cook a bunch of apples to make applesauce
to use in a cake recipe? How often have you done that and how do you
make exactly the amount you need?
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