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The Great Pumpkin (Shortage)
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Posted on 03/07/2010 1:32:40 PM PST by blau993

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The corn that should be going into the tortillas is being turned into ethanol which is used to contaminate our gasoline. This is raising the price of basic food for many people around the world. The environmentalists, in league with farmers and politicians, refuse to lower their gaze and absorb the reality of the human cost to another one of their Utopian schemes.


21 posted on 03/07/2010 5:20:34 PM PST by Belasarius (Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. Job 5:2-7)
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To: blau993

Here you go: http://articles.latimes.com/2009/nov/18/business/fi-pumpkin18

You might try getting a butternut squash, slicing it from top to bottom into two halves, and place them flat side down onto a pan brushed with oil. Bake them at 350 for 20-30 minutes, or until a fork will go through them easily. Once they cool, just scoop a serving of flesh into a plastic bag and freeze it until you need it. My Mom used to freeze them in ice cube trays, for baby food.


22 posted on 03/07/2010 6:13:21 PM PST by LongElegantLegs ( I have nothing better to do than sit around all night watching a lunatic not turn into a werewolf.)
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Thanks. This sounds like it will work. Buckwheat and Teddy love you!


23 posted on 03/07/2010 6:19:01 PM PST by blau993 (Fight Gerbil Swarming)
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I agree with everything you say, but I still wonder “why now” and why just the tortillas. We had tacos for dinner tonight, and the shells were made of corn. Why are the flat, uncooked corn tortillas the outlier?


24 posted on 03/07/2010 6:24:35 PM PST by blau993 (Fight Gerbil Swarming)
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Aw, glad I could help!


25 posted on 03/07/2010 6:38:20 PM PST by LongElegantLegs ( I have nothing better to do than sit around all night watching a lunatic not turn into a werewolf.)
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In the frozen vegetable section of the grocery store there is frozen squash which is similar to pumpkin.


26 posted on 03/07/2010 7:01:28 PM PST by Peace Is Coming
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Due to dietary needs, I make dog snacks for my dogs using whole wheat flour, rolled oats and baby food. Would there be any baby food you could add, like the sweet potatoes but without the syrup


27 posted on 03/07/2010 8:15:13 PM PST by magglepuss (Don't tread on me)
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