Pumpkins!

Have you gotten your pumpkin yet for Halloween? I'll be bringing mine home today.

The fall is my favorite time of year, as I've noted in the past. I have also grown to love squash, but most of all, pumpkin seeds!

I was searching for some fun information on pumpkins and found some interesting facts.

Did you know.....

*Pumpkins are technically fruit. Yes, a fruit. Like a tomato.

*Pumpkin flowers are edible.

*Pumpkins were once recommended for removing freckles and curing snake bites.

*Eighty percent of the pumpkin supply in the United States is available in October. (Of course, we have plenty!)

*Pumkins have been made into soups, stews, bread, pickles, pies, puddings, ice cream and even beer or ale! (Pretty good beer, from Four Peaks!)

*Pumpkins are 90% water, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation and 2% butterscotch ripple. :)

*On Halloween night, the great pumpkin rises from the pumpkin patch and that one kid with the thinning hair never sees him because he falls asleep like a baby.......Loser.

*David Letterman has a Top 10 Halloween list with pumpkins!


So, have you gotten your pumpkins for the most wonderful time of year?

Rain, Rain STAY A While!

It's not often we get a rainy day in Phoenix, but when we do we love it! The rain was coming down so hard today we had to take a break and see what we were missing.

Of course, business continues rain or shine and we got an action shot of Russell, one of our dedicated employees getting a load of produce into the warehouse. Thanks for taking one for the team and letting us get a rainy action shot!

Congratulations Saffron Kitchen

Congratulations to Andrea Kretzmann of Saffron Kitchen! Check the great article on Saffron Kitchen.

Alfalfa Sprout Recall

California and New York authorities are warning consumers against eating certain sprouts products, citing concerns they might be contaminated with salmonella and listeria. Sacramento, Calif.-based Banner Mountain-branded alfalfa sprouts and Essex Farm Inc, which does business as Best Farm in New York.

Peddler’s Son Produce is NOT involved in this recall.

The FDA has distributed a press release with the following information.
The products subject to this market withdrawal include:

• Four (4) 1-pound bags of alfalfa sprouts, packaged in unlabeled 1-pound plastic bags in a box labeled as Living Foods, Inc. ALFALFA SPROUTS, with a SELL BY DATE of 10/2/2010.
• Five (5) Pound Bulk Container (bag in a box) of alfalfa sprouts labeled as, Living Foods, Inc. ALFALFA SPROUTS, with a SELL BY DATE of 10/2/2010.
• 4-ounce cup alfalfa sprouts labeled as Living Foods, Inc. ALFALFA SPROUTS, with a SELL BY DATE of 10/2/2010. UPC Code: 0 26684 10006 5.
• 4-ounce bag alfalfa sprouts labeled as Living Foods, Inc. ALFALFA SPROUTS, with a SELL BY DATE of 10/2/2010. UPC Code 0 26684 10004 1.
No illnesses have been reported to date.

More information may be found here.

Please feel free to call us with any questions.
Peddler’s Son Produce
602 253 3577