On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 12:24:21 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 9/28/2016 11:56 AM, Janet B wrote:
>> On Tue, 27 Sep 2016 14:40:49 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 9/27/2016 1:18 PM, wrote:
>>>> Canned "pumpkin," that is.
>>>>
>>>> "I Just Found Out Canned Pumpkin Isn’t Pumpkin At All, And My Whole Life is Basically a Lie"
>>>>
>>>> By Emma Crist.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrin...id=mailsignout
>>>>
>>> How many times must we have this discussion?
>>>
>>> The Libby's canned pumpkin I have says "100% pumpkin". So does the
>>> Publix brand.
>>>
>>> I just took these pics, the labels on canned pumpkin:
>>>
>>> https://s17.postimg.org/fl8g1styn/Libbeys.jpg
>>>
>>> https://s17.postimg.org/m54m8kfqn/store_brand.jpg
>>>
>>> I'm not a fan of pumpkin pie but I do like being able to make a quick
>>> and slightly spicy pumpkin soup using canned pumpkin.
>>>
>>> Jill
>> The term pumpkin as seen on the can is much broader than the orange
>> round thing you find at the supermarket at Halloween.
>> Janet US
>>
>Oh, I agree, but the Snopes article puts paid to the fact that the
>canned pumpkin is made from Dickenson PUMPKIN:
>
>http://www.snopes.com/canned-pumpkin...ually-pumpkin/
>
>"According to botanists, however, asserting a clear distinction between
>"pumpkin" and "squash" is difficult because there is no strict botanical
>definition for pumpkins. Semantically, pumpkins are a type of squash,
>and the Dickinson cultivar is listed as a pumpkin,"
>
>Jill

I read it as saying that it is made from Dickenson pumpkin.
"WHAT'S TRUE: As much of 90 percent of pumpkin sold in the U.S. (and
85 percent worldwide) is a proprietary cultivar known as a Dickinson
pumpkin, which are less photogenic than the type of pumpkins commonly
used for display purposes."
Or am I reading you wrong?
Janet US