Haven't seen any Libby's on my local store shelf for months, and this
is a store that carries canned pumpkin year round.
My wife checked another store, which confirmed there is a shortage.
Anybody know what's up?

On 2016-04-03 3:12 PM, wrote:
> Haven't seen any Libby's on my local store shelf for months, and this
> is a store that carries canned pumpkin year round.
> My wife checked another store, which confirmed there is a shortage.
> Anybody know what's up?
>


I saw canned pumpkin the last time I was in the grocery store. There
was a special display of it.

On 4/3/2016 1:12 PM, wrote:
> Haven't seen any Libby's on my local store shelf for months, and this
> is a store that carries canned pumpkin year round.
> My wife checked another store, which confirmed there is a shortage.
> Anybody know what's up?
>

Well first thing is...it's not remotely close to Thanksgiving!

> wrote in message
...
> Haven't seen any Libby's on my local store shelf for months, and this
> is a store that carries canned pumpkin year round.
> My wife checked another store, which confirmed there is a shortage.
> Anybody know what's up?

There has been a shortage for the past several years. Look for organic.

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 12:12:57 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
>> Haven't seen any Libby's on my local store shelf for months, and this
>> is a store that carries canned pumpkin year round.
>> My wife checked another store, which confirmed there is a shortage.
>> Anybody know what's up?
>
> Many stores simply don't stock it after the holiday season since it
> doesn't sell well. Every February/March our food bank gets shitloads
> of canned pumpkin that the grocers have cleaned off of their shelves.
> And a lot of the manufacturers surplus is bought by the USDA and given
> to food banks. There is no shortage of pumpkin - most of it is
> circulating around the food banks and food pantries. Even there they
> have a hard time giving it away. and much of it gets re-gifted back to
> the food banks.

That could be. I have been hearing of a shortage but I also see it on
clearance racks.

On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 15:28:38 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>
>I saw canned pumpkin the last time I was in the grocery store.

I've never seen canned pumpkin in my entire life.

onglet wrote:
>spermtrap wrote:
>> Haven't seen any Libby's on my local store shelf for months, and this
>> is a store that carries canned pumpkin year round.
>> My wife checked another store, which confirmed there is a shortage.
>> Anybody know what's up?
>
>Well first thing is...it's not remotely close to Thanksgiving!

I stock up on canned pumpkin at Thanksgiving because I feed it to my
cats all year, They like pumpkin and all that fiber helps them pass
hairballs... you oughta try some with all the male pubic hair you
injest.

On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 16:44:19 -0400, Brooklyn1
> wrote:

>I stock up on canned pumpkin at Thanksgiving because I feed it to my
>cats all year, They like pumpkin and all that fiber helps them pass
>hairballs... you oughta try some with all the male pubic hair you
>injest.

Okay. This time you did make me laugh

On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 12:12:57 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

> Haven't seen any Libby's on my local store shelf for months, and this
> is a store that carries canned pumpkin year round.
> My wife checked another store, which confirmed there is a shortage.
> Anybody know what's up?

I haven't noticed a shortage, but this isn't the time of year people
normally shop for canned pumpkin.

--

sf

Pumpkin is by far the best source of alpha carotene.

Je_us wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 16:44:19 -0400, Brooklyn1
> > wrote:
>
> > I stock up on canned pumpkin at Thanksgiving because I feed it to my
> > cats all year, They like pumpkin and all that fiber helps them pass
> > hairballs... you oughta try some with all the male pubic hair you
> > injest.
>
> Okay. This time you did make me laugh

Yeah, but it's actually true real Pumpkin with no spices added is very
good for cats and dogs in small amounts. Sometimes the simple stuff is
a better solution.

--

On 2016-04-03 4:44 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:

>> Well first thing is...it's not remotely close to Thanksgiving!
>
> I stock up on canned pumpkin at Thanksgiving because I feed it to my
> cats all year, They like pumpkin and all that fiber helps them pass
> hairballs... you oughta try some with all the male pubic hair you
> injest.
>


It is supposed to be good for dogs with diarrhea.

I feed my dogs canned pumpkin when they have loose stools. The fiber really helps and they love it. I try to buy quite a bit at a time because I remember a shortage a couple of years ago too. It can also be purchased at pet food stores, at twice the price.

Denise in NH

Dave Smith > wrote:
> On 2016-04-03 4:44 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>>> Well first thing is...it's not remotely close to Thanksgiving!
>>
>> I stock up on canned pumpkin at Thanksgiving because I feed it to my
>> cats all year, They like pumpkin and all that fiber helps them pass
>> hairballs... you oughta try some with all the male pubic hair you
>> injest.
>>
>
>
> It is supposed to be good for dogs with diarrhea.
>
>

It is, and I always add some into the food I cook for my dog because he has
a sensitive stomach. I never encountered a shortage of it in the stores
here.

--
jinx the minx

On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 17:06:49 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:

>Je_us wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 16:44:19 -0400, Brooklyn1
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > I stock up on canned pumpkin at Thanksgiving because I feed it to my
>> > cats all year, They like pumpkin and all that fiber helps them pass
>> > hairballs... you oughta try some with all the male pubic hair you
>> > injest.
>>
>> Okay. This time you did make me laugh
>
>Yeah, but it's actually true real Pumpkin with no spices added is very
>good for cats and dogs in small amounts. Sometimes the simple stuff is
>a better solution.

Agree, pumpkin should be fine for moggies. It was the last bit about
pubic hair that made me laugh

On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 14:56:09 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 12:12:57 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
>> Haven't seen any Libby's on my local store shelf for months, and this
>> is a store that carries canned pumpkin year round.
>> My wife checked another store, which confirmed there is a shortage.
>> Anybody know what's up?
>
>I haven't noticed a shortage, but this isn't the time of year people
>normally shop for canned pumpkin.

Do y'all only eat pumpkin during Thanksgiving?

--
Bruce

"Jeßus" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 16:44:19 -0400, Brooklyn1
> > wrote:
>
>>I stock up on canned pumpkin at Thanksgiving because I feed it to my
>>cats all year, They like pumpkin and all that fiber helps them pass
>>hairballs... you oughta try some with all the male pubic hair you
>>injest.
>
> Okay. This time you did make me laugh

It is highly recommended for that but my cats won't eat it.

On Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 3:25:56 PM UTC-5, Jeßus wrote:
>
> I've never seen canned pumpkin in my entire life.
>
>
WOW! You need to get out more!

On Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 4:56:09 PM UTC-5, sf wrote:
>
> I haven't noticed a shortage, but this isn't the time of year people
> normally shop for canned pumpkin.
>
> sf
>
>
No shortage here, either.

On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 16:12:10 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:

>On Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 3:25:56 PM UTC-5, Jeßus wrote:
>>
>> I've never seen canned pumpkin in my entire life.
>>
>>
>WOW! You need to get out more!

I'm honestly not sure if it is sold in Australia?
A bit presumptuous of me, but I think most Australia's would regard
canning pumpkin to be odd thing to do. We treat it more as a fresh
vegetable.

Just did some googling, and there are many results where Australians
are asking where it can be bought. So it's a fairly exotic item here.
Then there is the small matter of definitions of 'pumpkin', because I
know what we call 'butternut pumpkins' you guys call it 'squash', for
example. Pumpkin pie also sounds strange to us too

On 2016-04-03 7:24 PM, Je�us wrote:

> Just did some googling, and there are many results where Australians
> are asking where it can be bought. So it's a fairly exotic item here.
> Then there is the small matter of definitions of 'pumpkin', because I
> know what we call 'butternut pumpkins' you guys call it 'squash', for
> example. Pumpkin pie also sounds strange to us too

What Australians and New Zealanders call butternut pumpkin we call
butternut squash. Our pumpkin is a different pumpkin cultivar. They are
orange and get very big. I don't think many people actually eat them
and that most pumpkins end up being carved up into Jack O'Lanterns at
Halloween. Most canned pumpkin is actually squash.

On 4/3/2016 3:28 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-04-03 3:12 PM, wrote:
>> Haven't seen any Libby's on my local store shelf for months, and this
>> is a store that carries canned pumpkin year round.
>> My wife checked another store, which confirmed there is a shortage.
>> Anybody know what's up?
>>
>
>
> I saw canned pumpkin the last time I was in the grocery store. There
> was a special display of it.
>
I haven't seen any special displays of canned pumpkin but I doubt there
is a shortage of it. Chances are the grocery store shuffled things
around.

Jill

On 4/3/2016 7:04 PM, Bruce wrote:

>
> Do y'all only eat pumpkin during Thanksgiving?
>

Not me. I don't eat it year round.

Libby's pumpkins are tan not orange. Cushaws are called pumpkins and they are striped.

On 03/04/2016 1:12 PM, wrote:
> Haven't seen any Libby's on my local store shelf for months, and this
> is a store that carries canned pumpkin year round.
> My wife checked another store, which confirmed there is a shortage.
> Anybody know what's up?
>
The Tesla company cornered the market!

On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 09:24:51 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:

>On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 16:12:10 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:
>
>>On Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 3:25:56 PM UTC-5, Jeßus wrote:
>>>
>>> I've never seen canned pumpkin in my entire life.
>>>
>>>
>>WOW! You need to get out more!
>
>I'm honestly not sure if it is sold in Australia?
>A bit presumptuous of me, but I think most Australia's would regard
>canning pumpkin to be odd thing to do. We treat it more as a fresh
>vegetable.
>
>Just did some googling, and there are many results where Australians
>are asking where it can be bought. So it's a fairly exotic item here.
>Then there is the small matter of definitions of 'pumpkin', because I
>know what we call 'butternut pumpkins' you guys call it 'squash', for
>example. Pumpkin pie also sounds strange to us too

Maybe it's a cultural difference. Maybe when an American wants to eat
an apple, they order one canned, from Amazon.com.

--
Bruce

"Bruce" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 14:56:09 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 12:12:57 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>>
>>> Haven't seen any Libby's on my local store shelf for months, and this
>>> is a store that carries canned pumpkin year round.
>>> My wife checked another store, which confirmed there is a shortage.
>>> Anybody know what's up?
>>
>>I haven't noticed a shortage, but this isn't the time of year people
>>normally shop for canned pumpkin.
>
> Do y'all only eat pumpkin during Thanksgiving?

Generally during the fall and perhaps winter.

"Jeßus" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 16:12:10 -0700 (PDT), "
> > wrote:
>
>>On Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 3:25:56 PM UTC-5, Jeßus wrote:
>>>
>>> I've never seen canned pumpkin in my entire life.
>>>
>>>
>>WOW! You need to get out more!
>
> I'm honestly not sure if it is sold in Australia?
> A bit presumptuous of me, but I think most Australia's would regard
> canning pumpkin to be odd thing to do. We treat it more as a fresh
> vegetable.

It is sold there but... What you call pumkin is not what we call pumpkin.
>
> Just did some googling, and there are many results where Australians
> are asking where it can be bought. So it's a fairly exotic item here.
> Then there is the small matter of definitions of 'pumpkin', because I
> know what we call 'butternut pumpkins' you guys call it 'squash', for
> example. Pumpkin pie also sounds strange to us too

What about sweet potato pie?

On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 14:56:09 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 12:12:57 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
>> Haven't seen any Libby's on my local store shelf for months, and this
>> is a store that carries canned pumpkin year round.
>> My wife checked another store, which confirmed there is a shortage.
>> Anybody know what's up?
>
>I haven't noticed a shortage, but this isn't the time of year people
>normally shop for canned pumpkin.

There's generally some on the shelf with the canned pie fillings, next
to the pumpkin pie filling. (Canned pumpkin and canned pumpkin pie
filling are not the same thing.)

I buy it fairly frequently because I make a nice pumpkin spice loaf
quite often.

Doris

"Bruce" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 09:24:51 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 16:12:10 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 3:25:56 PM UTC-5, Jeßus wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I've never seen canned pumpkin in my entire life.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>WOW! You need to get out more!
>>
>>I'm honestly not sure if it is sold in Australia?
>>A bit presumptuous of me, but I think most Australia's would regard
>>canning pumpkin to be odd thing to do. We treat it more as a fresh
>>vegetable.
>>
>>Just did some googling, and there are many results where Australians
>>are asking where it can be bought. So it's a fairly exotic item here.
>>Then there is the small matter of definitions of 'pumpkin', because I
>>know what we call 'butternut pumpkins' you guys call it 'squash', for
>>example. Pumpkin pie also sounds strange to us too
>
> Maybe it's a cultural difference. Maybe when an American wants to eat
> an apple, they order one canned, from Amazon.com.

Hardly.

On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 09:04:47 +1000, Bruce > wrote:

> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 14:56:09 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 12:12:57 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
> >
> >> Haven't seen any Libby's on my local store shelf for months, and this
> >> is a store that carries canned pumpkin year round.
> >> My wife checked another store, which confirmed there is a shortage.
> >> Anybody know what's up?
> >
> >I haven't noticed a shortage, but this isn't the time of year people
> >normally shop for canned pumpkin.
>
> Do y'all only eat pumpkin during Thanksgiving?

The short answer is yes (that's when it's most popular), but we have
lots of other squashes that we eat "year round" or in season. I
suspect that you call every winter squash a pumpkin.


--

sf

On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 20:22:17 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 09:04:47 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 14:56:09 -0700, sf > wrote:
>>
>> >On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 12:12:57 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>> >
>> >> Haven't seen any Libby's on my local store shelf for months, and this
>> >> is a store that carries canned pumpkin year round.
>> >> My wife checked another store, which confirmed there is a shortage.
>> >> Anybody know what's up?
>> >
>> >I haven't noticed a shortage, but this isn't the time of year people
>> >normally shop for canned pumpkin.
>>
>> Do y'all only eat pumpkin during Thanksgiving?
>
>The short answer is yes (that's when it's most popular), but we have
>lots of other squashes that we eat "year round" or in season. I
>suspect that you call every winter squash a pumpkin.

Yes, I believe so. And you have winter squash (our pumpkin), summer
squash (our zucchini/courgette) and a party vegetable for Halloween
(also pumpkin here)?

--
Bruce

On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 11:03:43 +1000, Bruce > wrote:

> On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 09:24:51 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 16:12:10 -0700 (PDT), "
> > wrote:
> >
> >>On Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 3:25:56 PM UTC-5, Jeßus wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I've never seen canned pumpkin in my entire life.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>WOW! You need to get out more!
> >
> >I'm honestly not sure if it is sold in Australia?
> >A bit presumptuous of me, but I think most Australia's would regard
> >canning pumpkin to be odd thing to do. We treat it more as a fresh
> >vegetable.
> >
> >Just did some googling, and there are many results where Australians
> >are asking where it can be bought. So it's a fairly exotic item here.
> >Then there is the small matter of definitions of 'pumpkin', because I
> >know what we call 'butternut pumpkins' you guys call it 'squash', for
> >example. Pumpkin pie also sounds strange to us too
>
> Maybe it's a cultural difference. Maybe when an American wants to eat
> an apple, they order one canned, from Amazon.com.

Do you cook an apple down every time you want apple sauce?

--

sf

On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 14:05:52 +1000, Bruce > wrote:

> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 20:22:17 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 09:04:47 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 14:56:09 -0700, sf > wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 12:12:57 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Haven't seen any Libby's on my local store shelf for months, and this
> >> >> is a store that carries canned pumpkin year round.
> >> >> My wife checked another store, which confirmed there is a shortage.
> >> >> Anybody know what's up?
> >> >
> >> >I haven't noticed a shortage, but this isn't the time of year people
> >> >normally shop for canned pumpkin.
> >>
> >> Do y'all only eat pumpkin during Thanksgiving?
> >
> >The short answer is yes (that's when it's most popular), but we have
> >lots of other squashes that we eat "year round" or in season. I
> >suspect that you call every winter squash a pumpkin.
>
> Yes, I believe so. And you have winter squash (our pumpkin), summer
> squash (our zucchini/courgette) and a party vegetable for Halloween
> (also pumpkin here)?

That's an over simplification, but yes. Pumpkins are the big orange
squash we carve at Halloween. There are other varieties of pumpkin,
but they are only available in the Fall around Halloween and
Thanksgiving.

--

sf

On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 21:32:19 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 11:03:43 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 09:24:51 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
>>
>> >On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 16:12:10 -0700 (PDT), "
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >>On Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 3:25:56 PM UTC-5, Jeßus wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I've never seen canned pumpkin in my entire life.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>WOW! You need to get out more!
>> >
>> >I'm honestly not sure if it is sold in Australia?
>> >A bit presumptuous of me, but I think most Australia's would regard
>> >canning pumpkin to be odd thing to do. We treat it more as a fresh
>> >vegetable.
>> >
>> >Just did some googling, and there are many results where Australians
>> >are asking where it can be bought. So it's a fairly exotic item here.
>> >Then there is the small matter of definitions of 'pumpkin', because I
>> >know what we call 'butternut pumpkins' you guys call it 'squash', for
>> >example. Pumpkin pie also sounds strange to us too
>>
>> Maybe it's a cultural difference. Maybe when an American wants to eat
>> an apple, they order one canned, from Amazon.com.
>
>Do you cook an apple down every time you want apple sauce?

Oh yes. That's something that is really easy in the microwave.
Janet US

On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 22:49:32 -0600, Janet B >
wrote:

> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 21:32:19 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 11:03:43 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 09:24:51 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 16:12:10 -0700 (PDT), "
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>On Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 3:25:56 PM UTC-5, Jeßus wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I've never seen canned pumpkin in my entire life.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>WOW! You need to get out more!
> >> >
> >> >I'm honestly not sure if it is sold in Australia?
> >> >A bit presumptuous of me, but I think most Australia's would regard
> >> >canning pumpkin to be odd thing to do. We treat it more as a fresh
> >> >vegetable.
> >> >
> >> >Just did some googling, and there are many results where Australians
> >> >are asking where it can be bought. So it's a fairly exotic item here.
> >> >Then there is the small matter of definitions of 'pumpkin', because I
> >> >know what we call 'butternut pumpkins' you guys call it 'squash', for
> >> >example. Pumpkin pie also sounds strange to us too
> >>
> >> Maybe it's a cultural difference. Maybe when an American wants to eat
> >> an apple, they order one canned, from Amazon.com.
> >
> >Do you cook an apple down every time you want apple sauce?
>
> Oh yes. That's something that is really easy in the microwave.
> Janet US

You'd cook an apple down if you wanted applesauce to make a cake? I
often take extra steps - that isn't one of them.

--

sf

On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 21:32:19 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 11:03:43 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 09:24:51 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
>>
>> >Just did some googling, and there are many results where Australians
>> >are asking where it can be bought. So it's a fairly exotic item here.
>> >Then there is the small matter of definitions of 'pumpkin', because I
>> >know what we call 'butternut pumpkins' you guys call it 'squash', for
>> >example. Pumpkin pie also sounds strange to us too
>>
>> Maybe it's a cultural difference. Maybe when an American wants to eat
>> an apple, they order one canned, from Amazon.com.
>
>Do you cook an apple down every time you want apple sauce?

I never eat apple sauce, but I think I would.

--
Bruce

On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 21:43:11 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 14:05:52 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 20:22:17 -0700, sf > wrote:
>>
>> >On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 09:04:47 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 14:56:09 -0700, sf > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >I haven't noticed a shortage, but this isn't the time of year people
>> >> >normally shop for canned pumpkin.
>> >>
>> >> Do y'all only eat pumpkin during Thanksgiving?
>> >
>> >The short answer is yes (that's when it's most popular), but we have
>> >lots of other squashes that we eat "year round" or in season. I
>> >suspect that you call every winter squash a pumpkin.
>>
>> Yes, I believe so. And you have winter squash (our pumpkin), summer
>> squash (our zucchini/courgette) and a party vegetable for Halloween
>> (also pumpkin here)?
>
>That's an over simplification, but yes. Pumpkins are the big orange
>squash we carve at Halloween. There are other varieties of pumpkin,
>but they are only available in the Fall around Halloween and
>Thanksgiving.

It seems complicated, but then Eskimos have 25 words for snow.

--
Bruce

On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 21:43:11 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 14:05:52 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 20:22:17 -0700, sf > wrote:
>>
>> >On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 09:04:47 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 14:56:09 -0700, sf > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 12:12:57 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Haven't seen any Libby's on my local store shelf for months, and this
>> >> >> is a store that carries canned pumpkin year round.
>> >> >> My wife checked another store, which confirmed there is a shortage.
>> >> >> Anybody know what's up?
>> >> >
>> >> >I haven't noticed a shortage, but this isn't the time of year people
>> >> >normally shop for canned pumpkin.
>> >>
>> >> Do y'all only eat pumpkin during Thanksgiving?
>> >
>> >The short answer is yes (that's when it's most popular), but we have
>> >lots of other squashes that we eat "year round" or in season. I
>> >suspect that you call every winter squash a pumpkin.
>>
>> Yes, I believe so. And you have winter squash (our pumpkin), summer
>> squash (our zucchini/courgette) and a party vegetable for Halloween
>> (also pumpkin here)?
>
>That's an over simplification, but yes. Pumpkins are the big orange
>squash we carve at Halloween. There are other varieties of pumpkin,
>but they are only available in the Fall around Halloween and
>Thanksgiving.

I think this is the only thing that's called squash in an Australian
supermarket:
<http://fruitandvegetablesmelbourne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Baby-Yellow-Squash.jpg>

On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 15:39:03 +1000, Bruce > wrote:

> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 21:43:11 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 14:05:52 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 20:22:17 -0700, sf > wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 09:04:47 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 14:56:09 -0700, sf > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 12:12:57 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> Haven't seen any Libby's on my local store shelf for months, and this
> >> >> >> is a store that carries canned pumpkin year round.
> >> >> >> My wife checked another store, which confirmed there is a shortage.
> >> >> >> Anybody know what's up?
> >> >> >
> >> >> >I haven't noticed a shortage, but this isn't the time of year people
> >> >> >normally shop for canned pumpkin.
> >> >>
> >> >> Do y'all only eat pumpkin during Thanksgiving?
> >> >
> >> >The short answer is yes (that's when it's most popular), but we have
> >> >lots of other squashes that we eat "year round" or in season. I
> >> >suspect that you call every winter squash a pumpkin.
> >>
> >> Yes, I believe so. And you have winter squash (our pumpkin), summer
> >> squash (our zucchini/courgette) and a party vegetable for Halloween
> >> (also pumpkin here)?
> >
> >That's an over simplification, but yes. Pumpkins are the big orange
> >squash we carve at Halloween. There are other varieties of pumpkin,
> >but they are only available in the Fall around Halloween and
> >Thanksgiving.
>
> I think this is the only thing that's called squash in an Australian
> supermarket:
> <http://fruitandvegetablesmelbourne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Baby-Yellow-Squash.jpg>

Those are yellow Patty Pan squash. They come in green and white too.
Zucchini/courgette also come in yellow and green. There is a type
labeled at the grocery store as Mexican, but the seed companies call
it "gray" (it's not rare).
http://www.rareseeds.com/assets/1/14...i-DSC06563.jpg

Less commonly found is a round zucchini. It's cute, but why bother
with it if all you're going to do is slice and steam it? I tried
stuffing it once, but wasn't impressed with the result.
http://tinyfarmblog.com/wp-content/u...l_zucchini.jpg

Not saying zucchini varieties are limited to the above, but those are
the most common at my grocery stores. Zucchini is like eggplant and
bananas. You think you've heard about them all and then you learn
there's more.

I think the bigger difference between our cultures is that Americans
don't just say we're having "squash" for dinner the way you say
"pumpkin". We name the type of squash it is we're talking about and
I've never seen a Brit or Australian define what they're talking about
beyond "courgette" or "pumpkin". Co

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