What is your favorite pumpkin flavored food?
kiteflyer105
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I tried a Chobani pumpkin flavored yogurt today. I thought it would taste better. Don't waste your money.
I like pumpkin and raisin muffins. They are delicious.
I like pumpkin and raisin muffins. They are delicious.
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I love pumpkin chili. Regular chili, but add a can of pumpkin. So good.3
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My newest obsession is the Pumpkin Cheesecake made with cottage cheese.2
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There's no pumpkin flavoured food here, and I don't think I would eat any. I do have a small pumpkin in my kitchen though and will make a spicy soup with it.3
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Pumpkin itself is such a mild flavor. For savory dishes, I prefer sweet potatoes or butternut squash.
But, for sweet treats with the requisite "pumpkin spices", I love pumpkin cookies, pumpkin pie, and pumpkin doughnuts.
I know most people around the world don't understand...It's really more North American tradition that keeps us coming back to pumpkins every fall. They are native here and became associated with fall flavors. People find comfort in the warm spices often used in pumpkin dishes.5 -
Pumpkin pie slathered in whipped cream!!!!!4
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SuzySunshine99 wrote: »Pumpkin itself is such a mild flavor. For savory dishes, I prefer sweet potatoes or butternut squash.
But, for sweet treats with the requisite "pumpkin spices", I love pumpkin cookies, pumpkin pie, and pumpkin doughnuts.
I know most people around the world don't understand...It's really more North American tradition that keeps us coming back to pumpkins every fall. They are native here and became associated with fall flavors. People find comfort in the warm spices often used in pumpkin dishes.
Yes, pumpkin itself has very little flavor. I used pumpkin pie spice long before it was trendy and used to include it in any recipe calling for a mix of warm spices.
Frontier's pumpkin pie spice ingredients: Cinnamon, Ginger, Cloves, Nutmeg
I can't tolerate clove anymore and have probably a half pound of this in my freezer. Maybe I will give it away on my town's facebook group...1 -
I’m obsessed with pumpkin pie lol3
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The only pumpkin thing I eat are pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. They’re a pretty rare find in the grocery store bakery, so it’s an infrequent treat, but I love them!1
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The only way I like my pumpkin is carved with a little candle in sitting on my fireplace at Halloween 🤣🤣🤣💀🎃👻
I’ve seen pumpkin soup but I don’t think I could actually eat the thing 🤣🤣🙈🙈
The smell of the pumpkin when I carve it just isn’t satisfying and that goo you pull out of the middle is ewww 🤣🤣2 -
--> Pumpkin bread: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/6820/downeast-maine-pumpkin-bread/
--> Shipyard Pumpkinhead Ale. (It has a subtle pumpkin flavor. I don't like Sam Adams Jack-O as much.)
--> Pumpkin pie. (I like the filling even without the crust, which makes it GF, so my wife can eat it.
By now, I hope everyone understands that "pumpkin spice" is a spice mix made for pumpkin pie. It contains no pumpkin. It is usually a combination of cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, and ginger.2 -
When I was a kid and we would carve pumpkins for Halloween...part of our job was to separate the seeds from all the nasty gunk inside. It was worth it, though, because my Mom would roast the seeds in the oven, and they were delicious! I don't think I've had roasted pumpkin seeds since childhood, but now I want them.3
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Making trader joe's pumpkin oatmeal for lunch right now.
Gonna drink coffee with premier protein pumpkin 🎃 drink instead of cream1 -
I like pumpkin bread, pumpkin cookies w/ cream cheese icing, and pumpkin spice (no actual pumpkin flavor) hot chocolate.1
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Lildarlinz wrote: »
I’ve seen pumpkin soup but I don’t think I could actually eat the thing 🤣🤣🙈🙈
Very interesting to me is the fact that pumpkin soup is very popular in Australia - I read somewhere it is the most common of home made soups and I can understand why, since it is so easy to make and so tasty.
Yet Americans don't seem familiar with it, despite their love of pumpkin everything else.
I usually use butternut pumpkin as it is a lot easier to cut than the Halloween type pumpkins
Roast pumpkin , along with carrots and potatoes, is also popular vegetable to have with roast meat dinners
But we dont often see pumpkin pies like in America and not so much pumpkin added to cookies, muffins, bread etc - although you do see bit of that.
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Thank you for your input everyone. I was always leery of pumpkin or butternut squash soup. Mom used to roast the pumpkin seeds too. I love pumpkin donuts, yet they don't like my waistline. Tim Hortons pumpkin donuts are good. I tried a Starbuck pumpkin drink a few times. It was so good, too many calories though.
I do want to try pumpkin chili, roasted vegetables with pumpkin, and maybe pumpkin chocolate chip cookies too. Just have to worry about portion control though. lol0 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »I don't think I've had roasted pumpkin seeds since childhood, but now I want them.
They are a staple of Mexican cuisine. I buy a bag of shelled roasted salted pumpkin seeds every week. They're amazing!2 -
paperpudding wrote: »Lildarlinz wrote: »
I’ve seen pumpkin soup but I don’t think I could actually eat the thing 🤣🤣🙈🙈
Very interesting to me is the fact that pumpkin soup is very popular in Australia - I read somewhere it is the most common of home made soups and I can understand why, since it is so easy to make and so tasty.
Yet Americans don't seem familiar with it, despite their love of pumpkin everything else.
I usually use butternut pumpkin as it is a lot easier to cut than the Halloween type pumpkins
Roast pumpkin , along with carrots and potatoes, is also popular vegetable to have with roast meat dinners
But we dont often see pumpkin pies like in America and not so much pumpkin added to cookies, muffins, bread etc - although you do see bit of that.
It's not pumpkin that's popular here in the US - it's pumpkin pie spice - Cinnamon, Ginger, Cloves, Nutmeg - if winter squash is actually involved, it's an afterthought
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Lildarlinz wrote: »The only way I like my pumpkin is carved with a little candle in sitting on my fireplace at Halloween 🤣🤣🤣💀🎃👻
I’ve seen pumpkin soup but I don’t think I could actually eat the thing 🤣🤣🙈🙈
The smell of the pumpkin when I carve it just isn’t satisfying and that goo you pull out of the middle is ewww 🤣🤣
The goo is filled with pumpkin seeds that are delicious when roasted (with or without salt and oil, per your taste).1 -
kshama2001 wrote: »paperpudding wrote: »Lildarlinz wrote: »
I’ve seen pumpkin soup but I don’t think I could actually eat the thing 🤣🤣🙈🙈
Very interesting to me is the fact that pumpkin soup is very popular in Australia - I read somewhere it is the most common of home made soups and I can understand why, since it is so easy to make and so tasty.
Yet Americans don't seem familiar with it, despite their love of pumpkin everything else.
I usually use butternut pumpkin as it is a lot easier to cut than the Halloween type pumpkins
Roast pumpkin , along with carrots and potatoes, is also popular vegetable to have with roast meat dinners
But we dont often see pumpkin pies like in America and not so much pumpkin added to cookies, muffins, bread etc - although you do see bit of that.
It's not pumpkin that's popular here in the US - it's pumpkin pie spice - Cinnamon, Ginger, Cloves, Nutmeg - if winter squash is actually involved, it's an afterthought
I use canned pumpkin puree (no spices) in oatmeal, smoothies, and soups/stews, and sometimes as a mashed veg side. I don't use whole pumpkin (or cubed pumpkin) in anything, as it's usually only available for a short time and generally seems to cost more than other, more available, winter squashes.3 -
The pumpkin cream cheese filled muffin from Starbucks is my favorite3
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I like butternut squash and I make weekly soups all hear round, but no pumpkin (except the carved one), spice or anything with cinnamon
is allowed in my house. Just the smell of that spice makes me sick and I probably have a mild allergies to it as well. Not too crazy with the smell of clove and nutmeg either. 1 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »Lildarlinz wrote: »The only way I like my pumpkin is carved with a little candle in sitting on my fireplace at Halloween 🤣🤣🤣💀🎃👻
I’ve seen pumpkin soup but I don’t think I could actually eat the thing 🤣🤣🙈🙈
The smell of the pumpkin when I carve it just isn’t satisfying and that goo you pull out of the middle is ewww 🤣🤣
The goo is filled with pumpkin seeds that are delicious when roasted (with or without salt and oil, per your taste).
Yes! With popcorn salt and a good brand of chili powder, please!
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I like pumpkin- pecan bars. It’s like a graham cracker crust (I make a gluten-free version), then a thick layer of cheesecake-like pumpkin pie filling (homemade, of course!), topped with pecans and brown sugar and then baked. Not the lowest of calories, though!2
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kshama2001 wrote: »paperpudding wrote: »Lildarlinz wrote: »
I’ve seen pumpkin soup but I don’t think I could actually eat the thing 🤣🤣🙈🙈
Very interesting to me is the fact that pumpkin soup is very popular in Australia - I read somewhere it is the most common of home made soups and I can understand why, since it is so easy to make and so tasty.
Yet Americans don't seem familiar with it, despite their love of pumpkin everything else.
I usually use butternut pumpkin as it is a lot easier to cut than the Halloween type pumpkins
Roast pumpkin , along with carrots and potatoes, is also popular vegetable to have with roast meat dinners
But we dont often see pumpkin pies like in America and not so much pumpkin added to cookies, muffins, bread etc - although you do see bit of that.
It's not pumpkin that's popular here in the US - it's pumpkin pie spice - Cinnamon, Ginger, Cloves,
Nutmeg - if winter squash is actually involved, it's an afterthought
do you mean Americans like pumpkin spice mix in things but not actual pumpkin??
as far as I know there is no pumpkin spice mix here in Australia - not for home baking anyway, I'm sure it is in commercial pumpkin muffins and co - and so when people say they have pumpkin with roasts or even make pumpkin bread or suchlike (as well as afore mentioned soup) they are using real pumpkins, either Butternut or the Halloween looking ones (commonly Queensland Blue variety here)
I have not seen pumpkin in cans here - perhaps it is available, I have never looked for it, but given I have never heard of anyone using it, I suspect it isn't.
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »Lildarlinz wrote: »The only way I like my pumpkin is carved with a little candle in sitting on my fireplace at Halloween 🤣🤣🤣💀🎃👻
I’ve seen pumpkin soup but I don’t think I could actually eat the thing 🤣🤣🙈🙈
The smell of the pumpkin when I carve it just isn’t satisfying and that goo you pull out of the middle is ewww 🤣🤣
The goo is filled with pumpkin seeds that are delicious when roasted (with or without salt and oil, per your taste).
Yes! With popcorn salt and a good brand of chili powder, please!
Ground chipotle is good as well.2 -
paperpudding wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »paperpudding wrote: »Lildarlinz wrote: »
I’ve seen pumpkin soup but I don’t think I could actually eat the thing 🤣🤣🙈🙈
Very interesting to me is the fact that pumpkin soup is very popular in Australia - I read somewhere it is the most common of home made soups and I can understand why, since it is so easy to make and so tasty.
Yet Americans don't seem familiar with it, despite their love of pumpkin everything else.
I usually use butternut pumpkin as it is a lot easier to cut than the Halloween type pumpkins
Roast pumpkin , along with carrots and potatoes, is also popular vegetable to have with roast meat dinners
But we dont often see pumpkin pies like in America and not so much pumpkin added to cookies, muffins, bread etc - although you do see bit of that.
It's not pumpkin that's popular here in the US - it's pumpkin pie spice - Cinnamon, Ginger, Cloves,
Nutmeg - if winter squash is actually involved, it's an afterthought
do you mean Americans like pumpkin spice mix in things but not actual pumpkin??
as far as I know there is no pumpkin spice mix here in Australia - not for home baking anyway, I'm sure it is in commercial pumpkin muffins and co - and so when people say they have pumpkin with roasts or even make pumpkin bread or suchlike (as well as afore mentioned soup) they are using real pumpkins, either Butternut or the Halloween looking ones (commonly Queensland Blue variety here)
I have not seen pumpkin in cans here - perhaps it is available, I have never looked for it, but given I have never heard of anyone using it, I suspect it isn't.
In the U.S. we don't consider butternut (squash) to be pumpkins -- we only call the round squash that I think are what you mean by Halloween looking ones "pumpkins," although you can find them smaller than most people use for jack o' lanterns and they'll typically be labelled "pie" pumpkins -- I assume because they're the right size for pies, but I don't think I've ever known anyone who made a pumpkin pie starting with a whole pumpkin. Everybody I know uses canned pumpkin for pie. It comes in two basic varieties. One is just pumpkin; the other has spices and possibly some dairy and sugar. I think it's ready to put in the pie shell, or maybe you need to add eggs and/or milk -- I'm not sure because my pie recipe calls for the just-pumpkin cans, and then you add spices, sugar, milk, and eggs (I'm pretty sure it calls for eggs, but honestly it's probably been 20 years since I made a pumpkin pie.1 -
Thanks for that.
What you are calling butternut squash we call butternut pumpkin then and that is what I use for soup and roasts. Some people use Queensland Blue which look like the sort of pumpkins you carve out for Halloween in US. You also get Kent pumpkins which look similar but smaller and skin is more greenish.
Halloween pumpkin carving is not much of a thing in Australia either and Halloween itself is not as big of a thing as it is in US.
Canned pumpkin is not a thing at all to my knowledge.
However you don't have to buy a whole pumpkin, supermarkets have them cut into pieces, so I would usually buy a piece that is about half a butternut pumpkin.
You can also buy bags of pre diced pumpkin pieces1 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »paperpudding wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »paperpudding wrote: »Lildarlinz wrote: »
I’ve seen pumpkin soup but I don’t think I could actually eat the thing 🤣🤣🙈🙈
Very interesting to me is the fact that pumpkin soup is very popular in Australia - I read somewhere it is the most common of home made soups and I can understand why, since it is so easy to make and so tasty.
Yet Americans don't seem familiar with it, despite their love of pumpkin everything else.
I usually use butternut pumpkin as it is a lot easier to cut than the Halloween type pumpkins
Roast pumpkin , along with carrots and potatoes, is also popular vegetable to have with roast meat dinners
But we dont often see pumpkin pies like in America and not so much pumpkin added to cookies, muffins, bread etc - although you do see bit of that.
It's not pumpkin that's popular here in the US - it's pumpkin pie spice - Cinnamon, Ginger, Cloves,
Nutmeg - if winter squash is actually involved, it's an afterthought
do you mean Americans like pumpkin spice mix in things but not actual pumpkin??
as far as I know there is no pumpkin spice mix here in Australia - not for home baking anyway, I'm sure it is in commercial pumpkin muffins and co - and so when people say they have pumpkin with roasts or even make pumpkin bread or suchlike (as well as afore mentioned soup) they are using real pumpkins, either Butternut or the Halloween looking ones (commonly Queensland Blue variety here)
I have not seen pumpkin in cans here - perhaps it is available, I have never looked for it, but given I have never heard of anyone using it, I suspect it isn't.
In the U.S. we don't consider butternut (squash) to be pumpkins -- we only call the round squash that I think are what you mean by Halloween looking ones "pumpkins," although you can find them smaller than most people use for jack o' lanterns and they'll typically be labelled "pie" pumpkins -- I assume because they're the right size for pies, but I don't think I've ever known anyone who made a pumpkin pie starting with a whole pumpkin. Everybody I know uses canned pumpkin for pie. It comes in two basic varieties. One is just pumpkin; the other has spices and possibly some dairy and sugar. I think it's ready to put in the pie shell, or maybe you need to add eggs and/or milk -- I'm not sure because my pie recipe calls for the just-pumpkin cans, and then you add spices, sugar, milk, and eggs (I'm pretty sure it calls for eggs, but honestly it's probably been 20 years since I made a pumpkin pie.
Proper US "pie pumpkins" are bred for eating quality - texture, flavor, degree of moisture, etc. Most other pumpkins are bred for size and appearance (for carving or other decorative use).
Much US canned pumpkin, IMU, is something called "Dickinson Pumpkin" or "Dickinson Squash" (a big tan thing, not the regular orange type); or is a blend of Winter squash types.
I've grown both pie and other pumpkins, as well as butternut squash. I've made pie from pumpkins I've grown. IMO, it isn't worth the effort, plus canned pumpkin is more predictable and consistent: Canned pumpkin more reliably produces a pie with good texture and flavor. Ditto for other pumpkin baked goods. Also less work, obviously.3 -
paperpudding wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »paperpudding wrote: »Lildarlinz wrote: »
I’ve seen pumpkin soup but I don’t think I could actually eat the thing 🤣🤣🙈🙈
Very interesting to me is the fact that pumpkin soup is very popular in Australia - I read somewhere it is the most common of home made soups and I can understand why, since it is so easy to make and so tasty.
Yet Americans don't seem familiar with it, despite their love of pumpkin everything else.
I usually use butternut pumpkin as it is a lot easier to cut than the Halloween type pumpkins
Roast pumpkin , along with carrots and potatoes, is also popular vegetable to have with roast meat dinners
But we dont often see pumpkin pies like in America and not so much pumpkin added to cookies, muffins, bread etc - although you do see bit of that.
It's not pumpkin that's popular here in the US - it's pumpkin pie spice - Cinnamon, Ginger, Cloves,
Nutmeg - if winter squash is actually involved, it's an afterthought
do you mean Americans like pumpkin spice mix in things but not actual pumpkin??
as far as I know there is no pumpkin spice mix here in Australia - not for home baking anyway, I'm sure it is in commercial pumpkin muffins and co - and so when people say they have pumpkin with roasts or even make pumpkin bread or suchlike (as well as afore mentioned soup) they are using real pumpkins, either Butternut or the Halloween looking ones (commonly Queensland Blue variety here)
I have not seen pumpkin in cans here - perhaps it is available, I have never looked for it, but given I have never heard of anyone using it, I suspect it isn't.
Often it's just the spice. For example, in drinks. Our big coffee chain Dunkin Donuts sells pumpkin spice syrup and pumpkin spice coffee.
In this cookie mix, pumpkin is the 5th ingredient, right before baking soda, enough to claim it contains pumpkin, but not enough to signify. It's the spice that imparts the so-called pumpkin flavor:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Betty-Crocker-Limited-Edition-Pumpkin-Spice-Cookie-Mix-17-5-oz/27631567?from=/search
Ingredients
Enriched Flour Bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Brown Sugar, Sugar, Palm Oil, Dried Pumpkin, Leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), Salt, Spice, Nonfat Milk.
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paperpudding wrote: »Thanks for that.
What you are calling butternut squash we call butternut pumpkin then and that is what I use for soup and roasts. Some people use Queensland Blue which look like the sort of pumpkins you carve out for Halloween in US. You also get Kent pumpkins which look similar but smaller and skin is more greenish.
Halloween pumpkin carving is not much of a thing in Australia either and Halloween itself is not as big of a thing as it is in US.
Canned pumpkin is not a thing at all to my knowledge.
However you don't have to buy a whole pumpkin, supermarkets have them cut into pieces, so I would usually buy a piece that is about half a butternut pumpkin.
You can also buy bags of pre diced pumpkin pieces
Google thinks Queensland Blue are blue, and we carve the orange ones.
Speaking of blue squashes, my mother once found a Blue Hubbard squash while on a walk, and made the best pumpkin pie ever (I'm not normally a fan) but my mom lost the recipe she used that year and was unable to recreate it.
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