Medusa
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Ripe for pies...
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Medusa
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You know what else is good, pumpkin cheesecake.
Wow, now that's really a piehole!
RadishRose
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I don't like it either.
Pumpkin has little to no flavor and is not at all sweet. What people are enjoying is the load of spices in it to give it taste.
I think cinnamon and clove are the most prominent, also some use ginger, allspice. Of course sugar.
Pumpkin, squash, gourds; these are all indigenous to the western hemisphere so I guess Americans got used to them long ago.
jujube
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I don't like the taste of pumpkin, but I sure do like sweet potato pie. Yum!
My pumpkin story: One year up in Michigan, it was very cold right before Halloween. We went to a pumpkin patch and bought 5 or 6 great big pumpkins for a great price with the attention of carving jack-o-lanterns.
We came home, put the very cold pumpkins on the dining room table in the very warm house and went to bed. The next morning, I woke up and smelled pumpkin pie baking.....or least I THOUGHT it was pumpkin pie baking.
Nope, 3 of the 5 pumpkins had literally exploded from the warmth and there was pumpkin guts in a five foot radius around the table and streams of pumpkin juice dripping off the table onto the floor. I guess the pumpkins must have been overripe and gas built up inside. Talk about a mess! The juice had dripped down in between the floorboards. The house smelled like pumpkin pie until Christmas.
Any questions about why I don't like pumpkin pie?
My pumpkin story: One year up in Michigan, it was very cold right before Halloween. We went to a pumpkin patch and bought 5 or 6 great big pumpkins for a great price with the attention of carving jack-o-lanterns.
We came home, put the very cold pumpkins on the dining room table in the very warm house and went to bed. The next morning, I woke up and smelled pumpkin pie baking.....or least I THOUGHT it was pumpkin pie baking.
Nope, 3 of the 5 pumpkins had literally exploded from the warmth and there was pumpkin guts in a five foot radius around the table and streams of pumpkin juice dripping off the table onto the floor. I guess the pumpkins must have been overripe and gas built up inside. Talk about a mess! The juice had dripped down in between the floorboards. The house smelled like pumpkin pie until Christmas.
Any questions about why I don't like pumpkin pie?
IKE
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Nothing against it once in awhile but I haven't had pumpkin pie in ages and I also happen to like sweet potato pie......mama makes a killer sweet potato pie maybe I need to drop a hint.
Just a word of caution.......do not come between me and a big slice of pecan pie cause one of us might end up getting hurt.
Alligatorob
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Not so much, now that the grandkids seem to be losing interest. Mostly just put some on the porch for decoration, then into the compost pile...
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dobielvr
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Not a big fan of pumpkin pie, but I did pick up a really cute decorative pumpkin at the store the other day.
The sign said they were from India?
It's about 4" in diameter and light orange w/white speckles, and a long curved stem.
The sign said they were from India?
It's about 4" in diameter and light orange w/white speckles, and a long curved stem.
Lewkat
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I love pumpkin pie once in awhile. I cannot even touch pecan pie. Far too sweet for my taste.
debodun
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My mom liked pecan and mince pie. I agree with Lewcat - those are too sweet for me. My paternal grandmother made green tomato pie.
Jace
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Think I've heard of
..tart? Taste?I agree on the pecan, I love pecans, I just don't wany to eat them with a bottle of syrup LOL!
Lewkat
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I love pumpkin pie once in awhile. I cannot even touch pecan pie. Far too sweet for my taste.
Exactly, Blessed.
Paco Dennis
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Georgiagranny
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I like pumpkin pie but only at Thanksgiving. Pumpkin cheesecake is to die for! All that pumpkin spice stuff? Keep it! Blech.
The main Kroger bakery starts shipping pumpkin pie to us early in September, and they ship zillions of them. They are not popular, but the bakery won't quit shipping them. Most of them end up in the box that we set aside for a food pantry pickup three times a week.
Sweet potato pie, however, sells like there's a shortage. They fly off the shelves.
The main Kroger bakery starts shipping pumpkin pie to us early in September, and they ship zillions of them. They are not popular, but the bakery won't quit shipping them. Most of them end up in the box that we set aside for a food pantry pickup three times a week.
Sweet potato pie, however, sells like there's a shortage. They fly off the shelves.
Georgiagranny
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You sure it didn't just leap off a shelf and into your cart all on its own? That happens now and then...jussayin'
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It happens to me all the time!! and I don't want it to stop!You sure it didn't just leap off a shelve and into your cart all on its own? That happens now and then...jussayin'
Jace
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Another favorite!
Georgiagranny
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Hold onto your hats. I just saw a recipe for something or other that calls for pumpkin beer. That's really going way too far...
About green tomato pie mentioned by @debodun: down here green tomato pie is considered a side dish, not a dessert. Come to think of it, some family-style restaurants show it on their "choose 3 vegetables" menus.
About green tomato pie mentioned by @debodun: down here green tomato pie is considered a side dish, not a dessert. Come to think of it, some family-style restaurants show it on their "choose 3 vegetables" menus.
debodun
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The tomato pie my mom made from grandma's recipe was sweet enough. Here's the recipe:
3 Tbsp. flour
3 cups green tomatoes, very thinly sliced
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. butter
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 Tbsp. vinegar
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
2 unbaked pie crusts for top and bottom
Place bottom crust in pie plate. Mix flour and 1 Tbsp. of the sugar and sprinkle evenly over the bottom of the pie crust. Add tomato slices. Mix salt, remaining sugar and spices. Sprinkle this over the tomatoes. Dot with butter and drizzle vinegar over all. Cover with top crust. Crimp edges and make a few slits in top crust. Bake at 3500 for 1 hour. Cool to room temperature before slicing.
* My paternal grandmother was a native from Pennsylvania Dutch country. This recipe is authentic PD cuisine!
3 Tbsp. flour
3 cups green tomatoes, very thinly sliced
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. butter
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 Tbsp. vinegar
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
2 unbaked pie crusts for top and bottom
Place bottom crust in pie plate. Mix flour and 1 Tbsp. of the sugar and sprinkle evenly over the bottom of the pie crust. Add tomato slices. Mix salt, remaining sugar and spices. Sprinkle this over the tomatoes. Dot with butter and drizzle vinegar over all. Cover with top crust. Crimp edges and make a few slits in top crust. Bake at 3500 for 1 hour. Cool to room temperature before slicing.
* My paternal grandmother was a native from Pennsylvania Dutch country. This recipe is authentic PD cuisine!
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Remy
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I put a bit more spice in than called for also. I love all those spices.I make loaves of pumpkin bread every Fall ... although, when I leave loaves for my two younger granddaughters, they have always thanked me for the Gingerbread.
..... I put a lot of spices in it (nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and ginger ... maybe too much ginger?
Jules
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Considering that pumpkins are so inexpensive I’m always astonished at the large areas being used to grow them. They must be really, really easy to grow. Everything else in the squash family has become expensive recently so you’d think they grow more of these.