"Kate Connally" > wrote in message
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> On Monday, October 20, 2014 3:11:54 PM UTC-4, Sqwertz wrote:
>> As someone who really dislikes pumpkin, I'll sure be glad when this
>> damned pumpkin season is over so I don't have to see pumpkin
>> milkshakes, pumpkin lattes, pumpkin bread, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin
>> dip, pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin pie liquor, pumpkin beer (just threw
>> up in my mouth), pumpkin air freshener, pumpkin candles, etc...
>> everywhere I look.
>>
>> Pumpkin season is far worse than my fruitcake aversion. At least I
>> don't have to see and hear about fruitcake everywhere I go.
>>
>> -sw
>
> Used to be I would only eat pumpkin in pumpkin pie, and it had to be my
> recipe -
> I've tried other people's versions and the spices aren't right. I've
> always used the recipe on the Libby's pumpkin can. (And, yeah, I know
> it's not really pumpkin in the pumpkin can. ;-) Anyway, I now will eat
> savory pumpkin recipes,
> although probably won't cook them myself as pumpkin is a pita to clean.
> So I would just sub butternut squash in a pumpkin recipe. So I don't
> like pumpkin
> sweet things like cookies, cakes, etc.
>
> Kate

I've had pumpkin bread before. It's okay but I could live without it. But
this year seems far worse than others in terms of things pumpkin. It's in
Pop Tarts, granola bars, cookies, cakes, muffins...