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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsFuck pumpkin spice. And pumpkin too.
I do not like pumpkin pie.
Call me a commie, but I don't.
I put pumpkin in the same category as tapioca pudding.
I mean I'll eat it.
If it's served as desert after a meal at a friend's house.
To be polite.
Yeah, it's sweet.
But I'd really rather have a chocolate something.
And now pumpkin spice shit is EVERYWHERE.
Coffee?
Really?
Milkshakes?
jeez
csziggy
(34,136 posts)I like squash - just had acorn squash as part of my dinner - but I don't like it sweet. Bake it plain, add some butter and salt and it is great. Same for sweet potatoes and yams - but this time of year people want to glaze them with sugar and put marshmallows on top. Anything with that much sugar or with marshmallows is a dessert and not one I want to eat!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,734 posts)The worst thing of all is pumpkin spice candles.
Iggo
(47,558 posts)I love pumpkin pie, but that's it.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Once a year Winn Dixie ( and probably Public) carry large jars of mincemeat filling, with or without brandy.
$ 6.00 or so ....oooomph.
But after the holidays they go on sale and I swoop in.
Meanwhile.....instead of pumplin, which Mr. Dixie also does not like, I will splurge on Key Lime Pie.
trof
(54,256 posts)That's what granny used in her mincemeat pies.
Those I liked.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)So rich I can only eat about 1/4 of a cup, tho...with a bit of ice cream.
Did not realize the brand was that old.
LeftInTX
(25,375 posts)Gag!!!!!
She is the only one who ate it. Mincemeat must be an "acquired taste".
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)no, thank you, I DO NOT want a fucking bacon latte. Give me a goddam cup of coffee.
elleng
(130,974 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)and even more of us love butternut and acorn squash. I have a delicata squash stuffed with salmon baking as we speak.
But I hear ya that pumpkin candles, ice cream, douches, aftershaves, and other things is taking the damn stuff a bit too far.
Pumpkin coffee should be a capital offense.
jmowreader
(50,560 posts)TheLibIn615
(61 posts)Yonnie3
(17,444 posts)and its poor cousin sweet potato pie.
The thought of the same spices in a cup of coffee make me gag.
dhill926
(16,345 posts)I kid...I kid....
Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)The crap caught her eye at Trader Joe's. The cereal was shaped like over-sized Cheerios. Hard as rocks and never did soften up in milk. I suffered through the bowl, but the cereal milk, you know, that wonderful milk left over after the cereal is gone, wasn't half bad.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,202 posts)And while I use cream and sweetener in my coffee I don't like all the fancy flavors. I like dark roast anyway. The use light roast for the flavored coffee.
Laffy Kat
(16,383 posts)Like eggnog, it will soon be gone for another ten months. You'll be fine.
BlueSpot
(855 posts)Just exercising my First Amendment rights here.
trof
(54,256 posts)BlueSpot
(855 posts)LeftInTX
(25,375 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I loved Belushi! Just his facial expressions cracked me up.
hibbing
(10,098 posts)You can do enough to squash to make it palatable.
Sautéed with enough onions and garlic, it's passable.
Boiled?
Right up there with zucchini.
Tasteless.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)LeftInTX
(25,375 posts)I think it was Blue Moon. It tasted like raw green pumpkin. I couldn't taste the spice. It wasn't as sweet as regular beer.
However, the Blue moon Cinnamon Horchata beer was yummy and sweet.
MyNameGoesHere
(7,638 posts)Pumpkin is not listed in the Reinheitsgebot. So no, it isn't beer.
Callmecrazy
(3,065 posts)Nevernose
(13,081 posts)And pumpkin pie flavored triscuits. Fuck pumpkins and their ridiculous seasonings.
OxQQme
(2,550 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)ploppy
(2,162 posts)This thread made my day and I am laughing my head off. Oh - bacon IS for breakfast.
trof
(54,256 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,734 posts)as being a member of the Spice Girls.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,742 posts)Pumpkin is bleah. Happily, there will be more than one dessert tomorrow night.
Chocolate rules!
ProfessorGAC
(65,076 posts). . .is pecan pie on Thanksgiving. A far better choice, imo.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,742 posts)It's not a thing in my family anyway.
ProfessorGAC
(65,076 posts)But i can see why people don't like pumpkin pie and why so many people slather on the whipped cream.
That being said, i guess i can see how pecan pie is too sweet for some.
We never did it either, as i'm Chicago folk, too. But, i know folks from GA and LA, and that's a regular thing for them.
LeftInTX
(25,375 posts)Unfortunately, my mom had dementia and couldn't remember the recipe. I would ask her, "How did you make this?" She would always reply, "I don't know". So, it was a pass-along thing that she couldn't pass-along. Sigh............
My grandmother, who was a professional cook, told me that vinegar was the secret ingredient. I don't believe my mom used corn syrup. Her pie was never runny.
Lars39
(26,109 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)Dracaena
(33 posts)That Southerns got homemade cornbread right too.
The Northern kind is too sweet for my taste and the consistency of cake.
I like the coarse kind with not a hint of sugar taste.
lame54
(35,293 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)But I agree on all the other pumpkin crap.
Pumpkin EVERYTHING! Just no.
LeftInTX
(25,375 posts)I'm a pumpkin lover, so I bought some pumpkin beer last year and it tasted nasty. It tasted like raw green pumpkin without spices. It might as well I have bought unripe squash beer. There is also pumpkin soda, which I didn't try.
Pumpkin ice cream has been around a long time. I remember buying a double cone from Baskin-Robbins in 1970.
I think pumpkin everything/everywhere is pretty much marketing genius. Wish, I would have thought of it.
ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)If it's dry it's squirrel food.
ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)mackerel
(4,412 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)Mama's little baby loves rhubarb, rhubarb,
Bebop-a-rebop Rhubarb Pie!
Bebop-a-rebop rhubarb pie and Bebop-a-rebop frozen rhubarb pie filling.
One little thing can revive a guy,
And that is home-made rhubarb pie.
Serve it up, nice and hot.
Maybe things aren't as bad as you thought.
Dr. Strange
(25,921 posts)Screw you hippie traitor!
Pumpkin spice forever!
oberliner
(58,724 posts)It's already Christmas at Starbucks.
MyNameGoesHere
(7,638 posts)It's not good at all.