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Thursday, 15 October 2009 |
If there’s a pumpkin shortage, it couldn’t have come at a worse time. Halloween is only weeks away and some rumors have floated around that there may be a shortage. That shouldn’t be a scary situation, some Malvern merchants indicated, including Bob Banks of Food Center on South Main Street.
“No, I don’t think so,” Banks said of a potential shortage of pumpkins around Halloween, which falls on Oct, 31. “It’s about the same price, to my knowledge, as last year.”
Pumpkins are very versatile in their uses for cooking, from the fleshy shell, to the seeds, to even the flowers; most parts of the pumpkin are edible. Traditionally, pumpkin is a very popular Halloween and Thanksgiving staple. Although most people use store-bought canned pumpkin, homemade pumpkin purée can serve the same purpose, but just with a little more “home touch.”
Colorado’s cold snap could put a chill on Halloween fun after some pumpkin farms estimate they’ve lost a third to half of their crop.
While Mother Nature may have claimed some crops, one farmer says it won’t take away the fun at his farm. Growers say the wet weather Colorado had earlier also hurt the size of pumpkins.
Farmers should know over the next few days if there will be a pumpkin shortage.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 21 October 2009 )
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