Pumpkin Foods Run Amock!
Suddenly, as I sip my new pumpkin tea, I wonder how many pumpkin things one can consume in a day? I like pumpkin… I like the look of them and how they feel when I touch the outer shell on cold pumpkin-carving nights…. I like them glowing on the stoops and porches of American houses all across the country… I even like them growing in the fields and picking out the best ones for pies and the best ones for charlie brown carvings… AND I especially like them in brownies and soups and other good treats…
But in typically American fashion, we seem to have allowed pumpkin to creep into everything — pumpkin OREOS? Really? Is it still pumpkin if it’s artificial pumpkin? Somehow, I liked the thought of having to see the actual pumpkin flesh before you eat it…. back in the days when you’d only eat it in pies and maybe, if you were fancy, a soup.
Ah, well, nothing says fall like pumpkin…. so I’ve decided to embrace it! Bring on the pumpkin muffins and heap on some pumpkin butter spread– the fall harvest will end all too soon, anyway.
