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Default Canned pumpkin shortage?

On Tue, 05 Apr 2016 16:01:06 +1000, Bruce > wrote:

> On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 21:58:24 -0700, sf > wrote:
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> >On Tue, 05 Apr 2016 05:02:28 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 07:56:19 -0700, sf > wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 22:02:09 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> I think that's all called pumpkin/pompoen where I'm from.
> >> >
> >> >Which confuses Americans, because we separate our squashes by
> >> >category. If we buy an Acorn, Butternut, Hub bard or Delicata, we
> >> >call it by name - not simply "squash".
> >> >http://www.realsimple.com/food-recip...squash/pumpkin
> >>
> >> It's interesting and I should use them more. Winter squash that is, at
> >> the moment, because it's autumn here.

> >
> >Try Delicata sometime. It's unusual because the skin is thin and
> >perfectly edible, but the flesh is as dense as a winter squash. If
> >it's available, it should be in the stores now. We see it in our
> >Fall.
> >http://modernfarmer.com/2013/09/deli...eve-butternut/
> >http://summertomato.com/better-than-...squash-recipe/

>
> I haven't seen it, but the seeds are available:
> https://www.greenharvest.com.au/Seed...ds/Squash.html


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