Never eaten pumpkin pie. You???

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  • MissJanet55
    MissJanet55 Posts: 457 Member
    This thread is making me hungry. In Canada we get a lot of British food. I have never understood why you can't serve Yorkshire Pudding with absolutely everything. Fried dough. Yum.

    I don't love pumpkin pie, but sweet potato pie is a whole different thing, and absolutely delicious.

    Our Mexican runs to the Tex-Mex up here, although there is a place near me that makes a wicked goat soup.

    What about Canadian food? Anyone ever try tourtierre? Poutine?
  • Camera_BagintheUK
    Camera_BagintheUK Posts: 707 Member
    Love Eton Mess but have never tried Spotted **** or Guiness :)

    OMG...Spotted ****, you have missed a real treat there.....a scrummy suet pudding with dried fruit, usually currants or raisins, sometimes plums......served with hot custard....mmmmmm

    ( I love that MFP asterisked the d i c k....it is a contraction of the word 'pudding, in olde English, nothing rude :wink: )

    Guiness....yuk!.... but my hubby loves it!
    Spotted **** is a pudding?
    Edit: Oh, and looks like MFP automatically asterisks it. Too funny.

    you can call it Spotted Richard! People would get it.
  • Camera_BagintheUK
    Camera_BagintheUK Posts: 707 Member
    I used to spend a fair amount of time in London and finally tried brown sugar in coffee. As an American, that seemed so weird to me, but after seeing enough of my UK colleagues drinking it, I broke down and tried it. Really delicious!

    yuk! I hate brown sugar in coffee - I always have to send it back and ask for white instead of brown in cafés! They atomatically give you brown, I don't know why that is!
  • Jleonra
    Jleonra Posts: 42
    OP: I've never tried any of those foods.
    I'm mexican, have you guys ever eaten any mexican food? :wink:
    I'm now working in Little Village (Chicago's hispanic neighborhood) and OMG...I never knew burritos, enchiladas and tostadas were that good. I still have to try carnitas, tacos, fruits with chile, etc. One day a time! :laugh:


    Carnitas...

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  • Mslmesq
    Mslmesq Posts: 1,000 Member
    Yea, this thread is making me hungry too. You suck. :grumble:

    :wink:
  • HeyGoRun
    HeyGoRun Posts: 550 Member
    I was born in the us there are many stuff i have not tried i barely tried pumpkin pie about 3 years ago! Coming from a latin background i think many people have not ate desserts i have ate growing up either.
  • Cindyinpg
    Cindyinpg Posts: 3,902 Member
    This thread is making me hungry. In Canada we get a lot of British food. I have never understood why you can't serve Yorkshire Pudding with absolutely everything. Fried dough. Yum.

    I don't love pumpkin pie, but sweet potato pie is a whole different thing, and absolutely delicious.

    Our Mexican runs to the Tex-Mex up here, although there is a place near me that makes a wicked goat soup.

    What about Canadian food? Anyone ever try tourtierre? Poutine?
    Don't forget Beaver tails...
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    my only problem with pumpkin pie is that it's hard to buy during the non-fall seasons.
  • Jleonra
    Jleonra Posts: 42

    Don't forget Beaver tails...

    I've eaten beaver befo... oh wait nvm


    I'll show myself out
  • Camera_BagintheUK
    Camera_BagintheUK Posts: 707 Member
    Here it is (wonder if MFP will asterisk the URL????)
    http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2686661/spotted-****

    And here's toad in the hole:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/toadinthehole_83871

    We usually make something with the pumpkin - but we only have one a year, at Hallowe'en. I found a recipe years ago, a stew made with pumpkin, other veg, pasta, and crème fraîche and dill weed. I made a pumpkin pie once, it was yummy!

    Next stop, Christmas (oh no, you folks have Thanksgiving first don't you?) Do you have mince pies and Christmas pudding? We have pigs in blankets which are little cocktail sausages wrapped in bacon with our turkey. Probably a trifle and of course, Christmas cake! I'll be making mine soon to stow away and feed it alcohol between now and Christmas.
  • Madame_Goldbricker
    Madame_Goldbricker Posts: 1,625 Member
    There's also the pork pie, Cornish pasties, & Scotch egg's :love:
  • Camera_BagintheUK
    Camera_BagintheUK Posts: 707 Member

    Don't forget Beaver tails...

    I've eaten beaver befo... oh wait nvm


    I'll show myself out
    Not a veggie, then?
  • teamAmelia
    teamAmelia Posts: 1,247 Member
    :noway: If you've eaten sweet potato pie, then you've eaten pumpkin pie. SP pie is a bit sweeter. That's the only way that I can tell the difference.
  • Camera_BagintheUK
    Camera_BagintheUK Posts: 707 Member
    There's also the pork pie, Cornish pasties, & Scotch egg's :love:

    And Welsh Rarebit
  • Cindyinpg
    Cindyinpg Posts: 3,902 Member

    Don't forget Beaver tails...

    I've eaten beaver befo... oh wait nvm


    I'll show myself out
    Not a veggie, then?
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  • Mslmesq
    Mslmesq Posts: 1,000 Member
    my only problem with pumpkin pie is that it's hard to buy during the non-fall seasons.

    Lol. I think that might have something to do with when pumpkin is in season. :tongue:
  • Camera_BagintheUK
    Camera_BagintheUK Posts: 707 Member
    This thread is making me hungry. In Canada we get a lot of British food. I have never understood why you can't serve Yorkshire Pudding with absolutely everything.

    You can! In fact, near me in Hull, there's a pub that serves enormous Yorkshire puddings - the Yorkshire pudding is the dish, gravy or a spoonful of chilli or something as a side!

    (ed) and in fact you can follow it up with a Yorkshire curd tart for dessert http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/749642/yorkshire-curd-tart

    What about Canadian food? Anyone ever try tourtierre? Poutine?

    Well I looked them up - sound amazing, I'd love to try them!
  • sunfirelynn
    sunfirelynn Posts: 186 Member
    I'm from the US, and I have never tried pumpkin pie, but have had pumpkin bread & muffings, and cake which is all yummy!
  • sabromley13
    sabromley13 Posts: 18
    Im a kiwi and OMG pumpkin pie is the best, my husband makes it and its soooooo good, if you google Edmonds cook book pumpkin pie, (its New Zealand) it should come up, it tastes like nutmeg. good luck
  • madaleingericke
    madaleingericke Posts: 49 Member
    And what about food totally unique to the "colonies?"
    Specifically: South African "boerewors" (spicy pork/beef sausages, on the grill); melktert (a to-die-for creamy, sugary concoction!); "koeksisters" (please Google that! I cannot describe it.); bobotie (Indonesian-inspired spiced ground beef baked with an egg-based topping) - and the crown-jewel: biltong (a jerky-like, piece of wind-dried beef) exported with third and fourth generations of the worldwide SA diaspora. Pumpkin is a veggie. NOT a dessert...
  • madaleingericke
    madaleingericke Posts: 49 Member
    And what about food totally unique to the "colonies?"
    Specifically: South African "boerewors" (spicy pork/beef sausages, on the grill); melktert (a to-die-for creamy, sugary concoction!); "koeksisters" (please Google that! I cannot describe it.); bobotie (Indonesian-inspired spiced ground beef baked with an egg-based topping) - and the crown-jewel: biltong (a jerky-like, piece of wind-dried beef) exported with third and fourth generations of the worldwide SA diaspora. Pumpkin is a veggie. NOT a dessert...
  • ingoiolo
    ingoiolo Posts: 104 Member
    i am Italian, 32yo. I have lived for 9 months in Madison WI and 6 months in Manhattan. Now I live in london where I have been for the past 10 years.

    Never tried Pumpkin pie, but it sounds like smtg id love. Never heard about Toad in the Hole before... heard of, but never tried, Eaton Mess

    Seems like I did and am missing quite a lot of the places were I dwelled :)
  • Fitfabchic29
    Fitfabchic29 Posts: 30
    Love love pumpkin pie :-))
  • Fitfabchic29
    Fitfabchic29 Posts: 30
    Speaking of pumpkin, paula dean makes this gingerbread pumpkin trifle and OMG!!!!! You guys have to try it!!
  • AnninStPaul
    AnninStPaul Posts: 1,372 Member
    There are many varieties of pigs in blankets in the US - including breakfast sausages wrapped in pancakes, sausages wrapped in bacon, and stuffed cabbage rolls (cabbage leaves filled with a meat mixture). Ordering one and getting another can be quite disappointing.
  • notworthstalking
    notworthstalking Posts: 531 Member
    And what about food totally unique to the "colonies?"
    Specifically: South African "boerewors" (spicy pork/beef sausages, on the grill); melktert (a to-die-for creamy, sugary concoction!); "koeksisters" (please Google that! I cannot describe it.); bobotie (Indonesian-inspired spiced ground beef baked with an egg-based topping) - and the crown-jewel: biltong (a jerky-like, piece of wind-dried beef) exported with third and fourth generations of the worldwide SA diaspora. Pumpkin is a veggie. NOT a dessert...

    I am an Aussie, I have tried boerewors a few times. You can get it over here, if you look lol. I prefere plain beef sausages, but boerewors are really yummy for something different. I have heard great things about biltong and it's on my to try list.
  • melham
    melham Posts: 233 Member
    I've had marmite. Whoever came up with that should knock it off.
  • kellyskitties
    kellyskitties Posts: 475 Member
    There's also the pork pie, Cornish pasties, & Scotch egg's :love:

    And Welsh Rarebit

    That's one I love. Haven't had in years though. YUM.
  • Camera_BagintheUK
    Camera_BagintheUK Posts: 707 Member
    i am Italian, 32yo. I have lived for 9 months in Madison WI and 6 months in Manhattan. Now I live in london where I have been for the past 10 years.

    Never tried Pumpkin pie, but it sounds like smtg id love. Never heard about Toad in the Hole before... heard of, but never tried, Eaton Mess

    Seems like I did and am missing quite a lot of the places were I dwelled :)

    I think maybe that's because a lot of the traditional British cuisine is being overtaken by global cuisine - my mum's generation was brought up on those traditional staples. But my generation has been used to foreign travel, and brought back a taste for other cuisine - especially Italian and mediterranean fare - you're tripping over tapas at the moment - and indonesian, Thai and other asian foods. We even had a German takeaway near us although it didn't last long.

    But mate! you're in London! All those pubs and pub meals!!!!! Toad in the hole! Steak and kidney pudding! Lancashire hot pot! Curry! Bubble and squeak! Bangers and mash! Ploughman's Lunch! Fish n chips! Shepherd's Pie! Full English breakfasts! Steak and ale pie! Sunday Roast!
  • kellyskitties
    kellyskitties Posts: 475 Member
    Is eton mess similar to trifle? We have a scottish restaurant I go to sometimes, so I've had a lot of that stuff. Also, been to england, so eaten stuff there.

    Pumpkin pie is good. You should try it.

    We have a lot of regional food here too, like turtle soup and alligator. Or crawfish poboys. Find that stuff in the south, like new orleans.

    Alligator breaded and fried - OMG! Well, breaded and fried makes anything tasty, but alligator is very tasty!

    I love cajun food! I miss a good tasso where I am now. There's "tasso style" sausage - but they don't know what they are doing.

    You left off Boudain. I always ate boudain and saltines. How do you eat it?

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