dsi1 wrote:

> 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.

I am talking use of pumpkins which you deleted from your reply.
Pumpkin is a specific orange squash (and sweet potatoes are unrelated
tubers).