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Your canned pumpkin may not be pumpkin

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Your beloved autumn pie is built on a massive agricultural misunderstanding. Commercial canneries heavily prefer the sweeter, less stringy texture of generic Dickinson squash over actual carving pumpkins, meaning that festive autumn puree you just bought is fundamentally just sweet potato's cousin in disguise.

Your canned pumpkin may not be pumpkin
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