On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 1:03:09 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
>
> > On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 10:06:28 AM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
> > > On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 12:45:58 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 9:18:56 AM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> I've had very nice pumpkin dips.
> > > >
> > > > Most Americans won't have anything to do with pumpkins except eat
> > > > their pumpkin pies with Cool Whip during the holidays. Beats the
> > > > heck out of me what the rest of the world thinks/does about/with
> > > > these large, freaky, hollow, squashes.
> > >
> > > Wait, there could be terminology confusion. When I said "pumpkin
> > > dip", maybe that makes Americans think of Halloween. Maybe I should
> > > have said "winter squash dip".
> >
> > Pumpkin or squash - it doesn't really make a whole lot of difference
> > which word you use. Oddly enough, Americans don't associate pumpkin
> > pie with Halloween, even though a shitload of pumpkins are sold
> > around the end of October. Americans eat pumpkin pie during
> > Thanksgiving and Christmas. Oddly enough, pumpkins aren't typically
> > for sale during those holidays.
>
> They are here at Thanksgiving. Christmas is a bit off the main season
> but I think I have seen them then.
>
> Remember, what you see for sale in Hawaii, is not representative of the
> mainland.

To clarify - I'm talking about those giant mutant orange squashes. I can buy various kinds of squashes and sweet potatoes anytime of the year.