The pumpkin has landed

[Food Lady]

But I like the crust.

Me, too, but it can contain too much starch.

Another thing I love: pumpkin butter! I used to make it in the crockpot, but I don't know if it would turn out with sugar substitute. Maybe I could do half and half for texture. hmmmm

[MoonCat]

Did you get the 25 or the 100 pound bags?

The 250 lb bags, of course! I like to buy in bulk

[dalesys]

The 250 lb bags, of course! I like to buy in bulk

Oh, the weekend's coming up...

[Victory Sabre]

I caved, a bit. Had Red Hook's Out Of Your Gourd Pumpkin Porter last night.

Yeah, Good Gourd ruined me on pumpkin beers. It was just ok.

[wolfie]

I found the Nestle pumpkin spice morsels at the local dollar store, so I bought a couple bags.

Did you get the 25 or the 100 pound bags?

The 250 lb bags, of course! I like to buy in bulk

Mooncat, don't BS us - they're not sold in 250 pound bags. 100 pounds would be stretching things - most likely they'd be in 50 pound bags. After all, the bags have to be a weight that a "lumper" can pick up and carry on a routine basis without injuring themself.

Personally, I buy them in 2,000 pound gaylords (industry term for a heavy-duty corrugated cardboard box permanently mounted to a pallet - since they're heavy enough that you need a forklift to move them, their maximum weight is set so that they'll "weigh out" a 53 foot trailer when the floor is fully occupied with them in a single-high layer).

[dalesys]

Mooncat, don't BS us - they're not sold in 250 pound bags...

Warehouse store. 5 50's shrink-wrapped together.

[Food Lady]

I like pumpkin, but gingerbread spice is my thing currently. I like it on toast.

[Ghel]

Ooh, this means it's about time for pumpkin pie blizzards!

[wolfie]

Warehouse store. 5 50's shrink-wrapped together.

Waste of shrink wrap - they'd need to wrap them in-situ, and the customer would need to unwrap them to put them in their cart - 250 pounds is too much for one person to lift.

Regarding packaging, I'm speaking from experience as a truck driver - there is NO size between 50 pound bags stacked on a pallet (90 pound bags for cement products) and a gaylord.

[MoonCat]

There's gotta be a story behind why something like that is named a "gaylord."

And don't rain on my parade! I'm fantasizing about giant pumpkin-spice-chip muffins, cookies and quickbreads!

[wolfie]

There's gotta be a story behind why something like that is named a "gaylord."

Did a quick search, and it's because they were first made by the Gaylord Container Company of St. Louis, MO.

[Food Lady]

"The last time I let you do that we had to buy a double-wide freezer!" -- Mrs. IA

This post needs a Like button. I am not allowed to bring ice cream home anymore. I WILL eat the whole container.

[Aria]

Ooh, this means it's about time for pumpkin pie blizzards!

When are those coming out?!? *goes to check Dairy Queen's webpage* They're right, it is 'fan food'...

[Caffienated_Caramel]

Saw Pumpkin spiced twinkies a few weeks back. It feels like pumpkin spice exploded everywhere at my grocery store. I'm just waiting to see if it'll cross over to more of the non consumer products like toilet paper or laundry detergent.

[MoonCat]

Saw Pumpkin spiced twinkies a few weeks back. It feels like pumpkin spice exploded everywhere at my grocery store. I'm just waiting to see if it'll cross over to more of the non consumer products like toilet paper or laundry detergent.

That's our joke at home...pumpkin spice toilet paper!

On a side note, I hate it when people say "punkin."