sf wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:26:14 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>> Out of fairness to Libby's, I feel I should make this post. Some
>> years ago, I am pretty sure I posted here about using Libby's
>> canned pumpkin as vs. my usual beloved One Pie Pumpkin. I was
>> appalled to see how runny the Libby's pumpkin was compared to the
>> One Pie that I always used. I now have a stockpile of One Pie
>> Pumpkin and must assume that the oldest cans were from later in
>> the same season that I bought the Libby's product. MUCH to my
>> dismay, the pumpkin in that can (packed in 2008) was very watery!
>> I was most negatively surprised. (I compensated by cutting back
>> on the liquid in the pie and adding more of the (also watery)
>> sweet potato puree that I had started using to compensate for the
>> missing ounce of pumpkin. BUT, because of my cold and inability
>> to taste and smell things, I have no idea how the pie came out.
>> It did seem a bit less solid when I cut it, but that may have
>> merely been my imagination.
>>
>> I also will mention that I was looking at the One Pie label and
>> saw there was cornstarch in the product. I am wondering when that
>> came to pass. Does anyone have really old cans to look at? Also
>> I could swear that the older (pre-1998) labels stated "solid
>> pack". The labels on all of my cans lack that designation. I
>> guess I'm going to have to cook the primary ingredient myself the
>> next time.
>
> Regular grocery stores here don't have any choice other than Libby's.
> The only time I would call the pumpkin runny is if I buy the big can
> of pumpkin "filling" with seasonings in it that's meant to make only
> one pie... that one pours out. The regular can of pumpkin has to be
> scooped out with a rubber spatula.
>
It must have just been a bad year for Libby's then. Does Libby's
ONLY contain pumpkin? After all these years, I may abandon One
Pie. I might use the cans I have in pumpkin muffins....

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Jean B.