Whew! The Canned Pumpkin Shortage is Officially Over.
I knew you were worried so I wanted to get the word out right away.
Seriously folks, Thanksgiving is right around the corner and that means pumpkin bread, pumpkin bars, pumpkin trifle, pumpkin soup, pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin cake, pumpkin rolls, pumpkin roulade, pumpkin mousse, pumpkin french toast, pumpkin ravioli, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin flan, pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin doughnuts and, of course, PUMPKIN PIE.
Although I was blissfully unaware, it seems that we have been suffering from a canned pumpkin shortage for over a year!
Apparently Nestle, which accounts for about 85% of all canned pumpkin sales in the United States, irritated Mother Nature.
According to the Associated Press, " . . . a farm in Morton, Ill. — the source of nearly all its (Nestle) pumpkins — received about double the typical rainfall last year. Tractors sat mired in muck and much of the crop rotted in the fields. Canned pumpkin was gone from the shelves as early as Thanksgiving in some places. On eBay, cans of pumpkin went for $6 or $7 apiece, several times the normal price, as supplies dwindled."
But, with early planting, good weather and about a third of the crop in, Nestle has declared the pumpkin shortage officially over. Of course the price per can is going up about 20¢ per can . . . .
Still, I can rest easy now.
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