Starbucks can keep itsPumpkin(less ) Spice Lattes . We , as a nation , get our real festive mess from pumpkin pies — and we ’ve got one small town to give thanks for that . Morton , Illinois provides Americans with 80 percentof the deliciously globby , straight - from - a - can pumpkin filling that we gobble down a few months of the twelvemonth .
TheLibby’sbrand has been in business sector since 1869 — originally for corn beef!—but did n’t start getting serious about pumpkin until the 1950s ; now the booming enterprise is own by sugared - material megacorp Nestle USA ( which , as parent company to Toll House and Carnation , is a major enabler of a honorable clump of your vacation baking ) .
From August to November , millions of oblong winter crush make their way from contract Fannie Farmer to the company ’s cannery in what is now the Pumpkin Capital of the World — a title taken from nearby Eureka — for smooshing , fire , and distribution . astonishingly , there are no additive whatsoever , just thoroughgoing orange - emblazon goo . K of acres in the area are also planted with pumpkin seeds , in grime that “ drains well , has a adept nitrogen cognitive content , and has a little bit of Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin in it , ” accord tooperations manager Steve Buettel .
So this year when you ’re fixing up your preferent recipe—’tis the time of year , already ! — give a little nod to the good family line in Morton who make the whole thing possible . [ Manufacturing Business Technologyvia@nicolatwilley ]
photograph via the Associated Press
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