On Mon, 4 Apr 2016 03:49:10 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 7:05:15 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
>> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 14:56:09 -0700, sf > wrote:
>>
>> >On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 12:12:57 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>> >
>> >> Haven't seen any Libby's on my local store shelf for months, and this
>> >> is a store that carries canned pumpkin year round.
>> >> My wife checked another store, which confirmed there is a shortage.
>> >> Anybody know what's up?
>> >
>> >I haven't noticed a shortage, but this isn't the time of year people
>> >normally shop for canned pumpkin.
>>
>> Do y'all only eat pumpkin during Thanksgiving?
>
>Canned pumpkin is generally used only for pumpkin pie, which is traditionally
>associated with Thanksgiving. It is also used for quick breads or other
>desserts flavored with pumpkin, but pie is the characteristic dish.
>
>"Pumpkin" is a particular type of squash:
>
><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkin>
>
>Let's set aside for a moment the fact that the stuff in the cans is not
>pumpkin as depicted above, but another winter squash that is more suitable
>for commercial growing and canning.
>
>We have other winter squashes:
>
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_squash
>
>These are generally purchased fresh and cooked at home. A popular
>one is acorn squash, split in two, seeded, and baked with a sprinkling
>of cinnamon. I can't say as I particularly care for the cinnamon on it,
>but if someone serves it to me I don't fuss. Any road, acorn squash
>is a smaller variety, more suited to today's small families.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

Most canned pumpkin is actually butternut squash or a blend of winter
squash:
http://www.thekitchn.com/whats-actua...lligence-69123
I grow all kinds of squash, winter, summer, pumpkins too... these are
some giant patty pan UFOs that landed in my yard:
http://i66.tinypic.com/27xqdu9.jpg

Cindy Hamilton wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 7:05:15 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> > On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 14:56:09 -0700, sf > wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 12:12:57 -0700 (PDT),
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Haven't seen any Libby's on my local store shelf for months, and
> > this >> is a store that carries canned pumpkin year round.
> > >> My wife checked another store, which confirmed there is a
> > shortage. >> Anybody know what's up?
> > >
> > > I haven't noticed a shortage, but this isn't the time of year
> > > people normally shop for canned pumpkin.
> >
> > Do y'all only eat pumpkin during Thanksgiving?
>
> Canned pumpkin is generally used only for pumpkin pie, which is
> traditionally associated with Thanksgiving. It is also used for
> quick breads or other desserts flavored with pumpkin, but pie is the
> characteristic dish.
>
> "Pumpkin" is a particular type of squash:
>
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkin>
>
> Let's set aside for a moment the fact that the stuff in the cans is
> not pumpkin as depicted above, but another winter squash that is more
> suitable for commercial growing and canning.
>
> We have other winter squashes:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_squash
>
> These are generally purchased fresh and cooked at home. A popular
> one is acorn squash, split in two, seeded, and baked with a sprinkling
> of cinnamon. I can't say as I particularly care for the cinnamon on
> it, but if someone serves it to me I don't fuss. Any road, acorn
> squash is a smaller variety, more suited to today's small families.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

Actually if you check the labels, it is USA version pumpkin (Halloween
type) that some of us are getting.


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On Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 4:56:09 PM UTC-5, sf wrote:
>
> I haven't noticed a shortage, but this isn't the time of year people
> normally shop for canned pumpkin.
>
> sf
>
>
No shortage here, either.

On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 14:56:09 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 12:12:57 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
>> Haven't seen any Libby's on my local store shelf for months, and this
>> is a store that carries canned pumpkin year round.
>> My wife checked another store, which confirmed there is a shortage.
>> Anybody know what's up?
>
>I haven't noticed a shortage, but this isn't the time of year people
>normally shop for canned pumpkin.

There's generally some on the shelf with the canned pie fillings, next
to the pumpkin pie filling. (Canned pumpkin and canned pumpkin pie
filling are not the same thing.)

I buy it fairly frequently because I make a nice pumpkin spice loaf
quite often.

Doris

Pumpkin is by far the best source of alpha carotene.

Libby's pumpkins are tan not orange. Cushaws are called pumpkins and they are striped.

On 03/04/2016 1:12 PM, wrote:
> Haven't seen any Libby's on my local store shelf for months, and this
> is a store that carries canned pumpkin year round.
> My wife checked another store, which confirmed there is a shortage.
> Anybody know what's up?
>
The Tesla company cornered the market!

On 4/3/2016 3:12 PM, wrote:

> Haven't seen any Libby's on my local store shelf for months, and this
> is a store that carries canned pumpkin year round.
> My wife checked another store, which confirmed there is a shortage.
> Anybody know what's up?
>

I had to buy some recently for a cat to aid with digestion and finally
found only a single brand/size. Hard to find when there isn't an
assortment. I am trying to remember the section where I found it but it
wasn't with pie stuff and I don't think it was with canned veggies. It
was in an odd place. I'll try to look tomorrow when I go get a
prescription filled.

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Cheryl

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 12:12:57 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
>> Haven't seen any Libby's on my local store shelf for months, and this
>> is a store that carries canned pumpkin year round.
>> My wife checked another store, which confirmed there is a shortage.
>> Anybody know what's up?
>
> Many stores simply don't stock it after the holiday season since it
> doesn't sell well. Every February/March our food bank gets shitloads
> of canned pumpkin that the grocers have cleaned off of their shelves.
> And a lot of the manufacturers surplus is bought by the USDA and given
> to food banks. There is no shortage of pumpkin - most of it is
> circulating around the food banks and food pantries. Even there they
> have a hard time giving it away. and much of it gets re-gifted back to
> the food banks.

That could be. I have been hearing of a shortage but I also see it on
clearance racks.

On 4/3/2016 1:28 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> and much of it gets re-gifted back to
> the food banks.
>
> -sw

I have been stuffing my fat little ****ing face again with food I
'borrowed' from:

https://www.austinfoodbank.org/news/...unteer-quarter


OK I admit it, I am eating my way through Texas.

Make me a zip code, or two.