May have been posted, but I didn't see it.. Re: canned pumpkin

[C.Ann]

Saw a segment on the news last night about the shortage of canned solid pack or ready to bake pumpkin.. Libby's was mentioned specifically, but I imagine it will apply to other brands and store brands as well.. All the wet weather ruined much of the pumpkin harvest..

Anyhow - they said that once what is available in the stores now is gone, there will be none available until next fall..

So - if you use pumpkin at other times of the year, you better get out there and stock up now!

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Thanks for the heads up. I may stock up on some the next time I am in the store. We don't make much--but pumpkin spice muffins would be yummy.

 

[OK!]

Oh, geez, thanks for this! I use canned pumpkin throughout the year as a replacement for oil/shortening/butter/eggs in cake mixes and it makes the most delightfully moist muffin-ish cupcakes ever (and much lower in fat & calories than the normal ones). I saw shelves and shelves of it at Wal-Mart last night; guess I'll head back today to load up!



In case anyone happens to be interested, the above recipe calls for 1 box of cake mix and 1 can (the regular soup-can size, not the big double can) of pumpkin. Mix and bake as directed. Spice cake is fantastic this way.

 

[luvmy3]

Oh, geez, thanks for this! I use canned pumpkin throughout the year as a replacement for oil/shortening/butter/eggs in cake mixes and it makes the most delightfully moist muffin-ish cupcakes ever (and much lower in fat & calories than the normal ones). I saw shelves and shelves of it at Wal-Mart last night; guess I'll head back today to load up!



In case anyone happens to be interested, the above recipe calls for 1 box of cake mix and 1 can (the regular soup-can size, not the big double can) of pumpkin. Mix and bake as directed. Spice cake is fantastic this way.

Yum, I have only done it with devil's food cake mix, have you used others?

 

[OK!]

My favorite is spice cake, but I tried butter pecan cake mix and that was pretty tasty as well. The friend who told me about this said she used it with chocolate cake mix and I was like, "Mm, yeah, that sounds great , " etc., thinking she was nuts, but it is HEAVENLY. I've only done Duncan Hines triple chocolate (or double...I don't remember which) because I was afraid of some sort of "pumpkin-ness" coming through the chocolate flavor, but it didn't at all.

I just dispatched my mom out to the store for pumpkin, and lots of it. I'm stuck at my desk at work until 4:30, but I'll definitely hit at least a few local stores after work to load up on pumpkin!

 

[mtemm]

wow! glad I bought a few cans yesterday when at the store. I almost didn't, but they had a display right near the checkout so grabbed them.

 

[puffkin]

Yum, I have only done it with devil's food cake mix, have you used others?

I make those with Devils Food cake mix too. Yum! It is actually from a weight watchers recipe book.

I love pumpkin anything. I will definitely stock up. I have never seen canned pumpkin other than Libby's though?

 

[EthansMom]

Does this mean I have a really good excuse to NOT make pumpkin pie (which I don't like) this year?

 

[MerMom60_94]

I saw some at the grocery store over the weekend. Now I wish I had bought the whole case to put away for a few months until people were desperate and I could put it up on e-bay and make my millions!

 

[Meriweather]

I bought my 3 big cans at Costco a couple weeks ago.
That will last me a couple of years...no one else likes it.

 

[Free4Life11]

http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/libbys-warns-of-a-canned-pumpkin-shortage/

http://www.verybestbaking.com/libbys/classic/shortage.aspx

 

[C.Ann]

I use it year round for my muffins and such, so I'm going to have to tell my Dson-in-law to grab a bunch when he goes grocery shopping this week..

No pumpkin??

 

[johnsontrio]

There was an earlier thread about this just before Fall. Mid to late summer there was no pumpkin to be had here in SE MI. I spoke to the Kroger manager and he told me that the suppliers were out due to a bad season. There was some Libby's from time to time but none of the stores had their store brand pumpkin.

When Fall hit and I wasn't seeing any store brands back in stock and no sales on canned pumpkin I figured something was up. How do you have a ruined crop two years in a row? My dog is on a pumpkin diet mixed with his dry food and gets 2/3 of a cup daily. It's getting pretty expensive and I was planning on stocking up when the big cans went 99 cents. Haven't seen that yet. Walgreen's had the little cans (15oz) for 99 cents last week but had a limit of 3. I didn't make multiple trips because I thought I might see a sale at the grocery store.

Thanks for the heads up. Guess I better stock up on the big cans while they are still in the stores.

 

[airhead]

why???Why no more canned pumkin???