Okay, I LOVE pumpkin pie, but it always makes me nervous. In the stores, it is never refrigerated, but they always say that you need to refrigerate them when you get home. They'll say "refrigerate after opening" or something like that, but they aren't in air tight containers so there is no difference between before or after you open them. Any pumpkin pie that you make at home needs to be kept in a refrigerator.

I know that the ones at the store are safe, I've eaten them before. I prefer to make my own, but that is just because they taste better. I've just always wondered about it, and the store bought ones left sitting out do make me nervous.