On 2019-04-11 6:33 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 3:41:48 AM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>> On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 3:02:44 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
>>> dsi1 wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> In other words, you do not know what to do with Pumpkin and mess up.
>>>
>>> Got it.
>>
>> I've messed up a lot when cooking. That would probably be why I'm a better cook than most. Since I was a kid, I would cook a dish over and over again until I perfected it. That's how I learned how to cook. It is by experimentation and failures that one learns how foods react to heat, mixing, and seasoning.
>>
>> My guess is that it's typical for persons of an advanced age to play it safe and stick with what they know. Let me assure you that I've never been one to be afraid of messing up.
>
> That would be a guess, and an incorrect one. I'm always experimenting.
>
>

Once again his assumptions and guesses are wrong. I am still willing to
try new things. If I have something good in a restaurant I will try to
figure out how to do it at home. I often see recipes that appeal in
magazines and newspapers and give them a try. My wife has credited me a
number of times for spotting good recipes that way.