On Monday, April 8, 2019 at 9:59:29 AM UTC-10, wrote:
> I don't eat pumpkin because it tastes fairly good, I eat it because it
> has more alpha carotene than any other food and the amount of it in
> your body has a lot to do with how long you will live in a way no
> other nutrient does, for some reason there is no synthetic alpha
> carotene.

I had some pumpkin pie the other day at a new Japanese bakery that opened up. The counter girl was saying that some people found it too spicy. I didn't find it too spicy. OTOH, I'd recommend that that they cut the ginger in the mix down by 25% and go with that. Cutting it down 50% might be even better but then it would be just another great tasting pumpkin pie - boring. The mouth feel was pretty much what I'm looking for in a pumpkin pie - smooth and creamy. My guess is that they're using evaporated milk and cornstarch in the mix. Most pumpkin pies I have eaten have a granular, watery, texture.. I'm looking for something better than that.

Hopefully, the new bakery will survive. I think they'll have to seriously study the market and demographics of their customers and come up with some new items.