On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:24:48 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 01/11/2011 6:08 PM, Chemo the Clown wrote:
> > On Nov 1, 2:35 pm, > wrote:
> >> There was a big display of canned pumpkin at Aldi Sunday --
> >> ninety-nine cents each.
> >>
> >> Tara
> >
> > I've never seen any big grocery store be out of canned pumpkin...all
> > year long.
>
> Over the last year or so there were a number of posts about a pumpkin
> shortage. Any time I remembered to look for canned pumpkin I had no
> trouble finding it. Fearing that they might be something to the shortage
> rumours, I made sure to get some in the summer. Then when Thanksgiving
> rolled around last month there was lots.

I had a can of pumpkin on hand when I needed it, but I looked for it
later in the holiday season and didn't see any. I was fine with that
because I only need one pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving.

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