Gary > wrote:
> Jinx the Minx wrote:
>>
>> Gary > wrote:
>>> Pain in the ass to use though. This is why I switched to sweet
>>> potato pies. Same taste if you use the same spice mix.
>>>
>>
>> That is just not true. I can clearly taste the difference between pumpkin
>> pie and sweet potato pie, even when using the exact same recipe. Pumpkin
>> pie is one of my favorites, but I find sweet potato pie vile.
>
> Well then we agree to disagree. Both are winter squash and I
> readily switched to sweet potatoes for the same exact pies.
>
> I might grant you a slight taste difference between the two but
> to say one is a favorite and the other is "vile," is silly.
> That's only your mind's perception. Bet you've never compared
> the two side by side using same exact spices. Nope. One good and
> the other vile? Bull friggin hockey! Don't be a baby.
>
> Sorry. This is my daily pain-in-the-ass post.
> I'm always good for at least one per day.
>

I come from a huge midwestern family. By huge, I mean my mothers
immediates (all my maternal aunts, uncles, spouses and cousins) number
around 50. There is no lack of several varieties of pies at holiday get
togethers, most almost always made by my aunt Joan, who is a prolific baker
of the highest quality. Yes, I can definitively say Ive tried them both,
exactly the same spices and recipes, made by the same person, side by side.
I can taste the difference. Sweet potato is no substitute. Its its own
thing.