Lio by Mark Tatulli for October 02, 2023

That’s one of those processed pumpkins.

So THAT’s where those cans come from!

Only Lio would get pumpkin pie filling in a can…

Must be an artificial pumpkin!

This reminds me of my Mom’s former coworker who was a perpetual liar. Around Thanksgiving one year, this woman was bragging about her “homemade” pumpkin cheesecake to one of the customers. Partly because everyone who dealt with her regularly knew what a liar she was and partly because her answers made it hilariously obvious that she had never baked a thing in her life, the customer kept asking questions about her recipe and process. The best part was when the customer asked if she used canned pumpkin and she proudly declared that she would never use that garbage. Instead, she claimed her DIL and granddaughter saved the scrapings from making their jack-o-lanterns for her in the freezer. Mom and I have been joking about “pumpkin gut cheesecake” every Thanksgiving since.

I dunno. That package looks a bit seedy if you ask me.

If only it were so easy!

Hey, gab me the bag of pumpkin seeds in there.

Whodathunk? LOL

Eliminating the middleman…or the middle pumpkin…

Genetic engineering at it’s finest.