On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 5:27:06 PM UTC-10, 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 can make a pumpkin smoothie with pumpkin/squash and most people will think it tastes kinda shitty. I can make a smoothie with a banana or mashed potatoes with the correct amount of cinnamon, cloves, and ginger, and some appropriate food coloring and people will think it's a great pumpkin pie smoothie. If you think that people love pumpkins, try making a pie/lattes/Oreos with just pumpkin in it and see how much people love that.