You wouldn't know it from the food blogs but we are in the throes of a pumpkin shortage.Recent heavy rains in the Midwest are putting pumpkin pie in short supply this holiday season.
On Tuesday, food giant Nestle, which controls about 85% of the pumpkin crop for canning, issued a rare apology and said that rain appeared to have destroyed what remained of a small harvest this year and that it expected to stop shipping the holiday staple by Thanksgiving.
- Los Angeles Times, 11/18/2009
When I got my hands on 2 large cans of Libby's I planned to stash it in the back of my pantry to save for rainy day but it's just not Thanksgiving without pumpkin pie. I used one whole can to yield 2 pies, one for some cousins taking a trip up north, and one for us- because tomorrow is as much about being thankful as it is about giving.
Happy Thanksgiving everybody!
1 comments:
I have 6 more cans of pumpkin waiting to be used - I stocked up in September! Hahaha! Good thing - I saw that report about the pumpkin! Great looking pie!
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