On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 10:27:06 PM UTC-5, Jinx the Minx wrote:
> dsi1 > wrote:
> > On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 9:18:56 AM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
> >>
> >> I've had very nice pumpkin dips.
> >
> > Most Americans won't have anything to do with pumpkins except eat their
> > pumpkin pies with Cool Whip during the holidays. Beats the heck out of me
> > what the rest of the world thinks/does about/with these large, freaky, hollow, squashes.
> >
> >
>
> Seriously? From September through November each year its pumpkin
> everything. Its damn hard not to find pumpkin something-or-other, or hear
> about pumpkin this pumpkin that. Quite frankly, its pumpkin overload.
>
> Most Americans love pumpkin. There wouldnt be pumpkin lattes and pumpkin
> flavored Oreos if they didnt. Here in middle America, at least.

I HEAR YA!!

I was BORN in the USA but never really cared for pumpkins. Not to eat! And "Pumpkin Spice" contains NO pumpkin, usually. Just Nutmeg mostly, mayde the spice Mace which is the "the lacy coating (called the aril) that is found on a nutmeg seed":

https://www.thespruceeats.com/what-is-mace-1807031

John Kuthe...