Cheri wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> >"Bruce" > wrote in message
> ... >>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.
> >
> > Hardly.
>
> I use canned pumpkin year round and have never had any problem
> finding it on the grocery shelves.
>
> Cheri

I've never had a problem finding the spice added ones year round but
can't use that for the dogs.

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