Fuck pumpkin spice. And pumpkin too.

[trof]

I do not like pumpkin pie.
Call me a commie, but I don't.

I put pumpkin in the same category as tapioca pudding.
I mean I'll eat it.
If it's served as desert after a meal at a friend's house.
To be polite.

Yeah, it's sweet.
But I'd really rather have a chocolate something.

And now pumpkin spice shit is EVERYWHERE.
Coffee?
Really?
Milkshakes?
jeez

[csziggy]

1. You're not the only one

I like squash - just had acorn squash as part of my dinner - but I don't like it sweet. Bake it plain, add some butter and salt and it is great. Same for sweet potatoes and yams - but this time of year people want to glaze them with sugar and put marshmallows on top. Anything with that much sugar or with marshmallows is a dessert and not one I want to eat!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I like pumpkin pie but I don't like pumpkin anything else.

The worst thing of all is pumpkin spice candles.

[Iggo]

45. This.

I love pumpkin pie, but that's it.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Would ya settle for mincemeat???

Once a year Winn Dixie ( and probably Public) carry large jars of mincemeat filling, with or without brandy.
$ 6.00 or so ....oooomph.
But after the holidays they go on sale and I swoop in.

Meanwhile.....instead of pumplin, which Mr. Dixie also does not like, I will splurge on Key Lime Pie.

[trof]

18. Canned None Such mincemeat.

That's what granny used in her mincemeat pies.
Those I liked.

[dixiegrrrrl]

25. Yep...that's the jar.

So rich I can only eat about 1/4 of a cup, tho...with a bit of ice cream.

Did not realize the brand was that old.

[LeftInTX]

37. My mom is from Florida and used to make mincemeat pie

Gag!!!!!

She is the only one who ate it. Mincemeat must be an "acquired taste".

[Wounded Bear]

4. I have felt the same about bacon for years, now...

no, thank you, I DO NOT want a fucking bacon latte. Give me a goddam cup of coffee.

[elleng]

5. Chocolate Something DEFINITELY!

(Recipe: http://thelaughingtable.com/2014/02/23/triple-chocolate-cake-coconut-caramel-jam/ )

[TreasonousBastard]

6. C'mon-- some of us LUV pumpkin pie...

and even more of us love butternut and acorn squash. I have a delicata squash stuffed with salmon baking as we speak.

But I hear ya that pumpkin candles, ice cream, douches, aftershaves, and other things is taking the damn stuff a bit too far.

Pumpkin coffee should be a capital offense.

[jmowreader]

34. Pumpkin douche? Tell me you're kidding.

[TheLibIn615]

49. On the plus side, I now have a new nickname for our resident-elect

[Yonnie3]

7. I like pumpkin pie

and its poor cousin sweet potato pie.

The thought of the same spices in a cup of coffee make me gag.

[dhill926]

8. commie....

I kid...I kid....

[trof]

19. Fascist

[Brother Buzz]

9. My wife had the audacity to bring home pumpkin flavored cereal

The crap caught her eye at Trader Joe's. The cereal was shaped like over-sized Cheerios. Hard as rocks and never did soften up in milk. I suffered through the bowl, but the cereal milk, you know, that wonderful milk left over after the cereal is gone, wasn't half bad.

[TexasBushwhacker]

10. I'll take my spice in APPLE pie thankyouverymuch

And while I use cream and sweetener in my coffee I don't like all the fancy flavors. I like dark roast anyway. The use light roast for the flavored coffee.

[Laffy Kat]

11. Don't care for it myself but relax.

Like eggnog, it will soon be gone for another ten months. You'll be fine.

[BlueSpot]

12. Pumpkin Oreos are awesome!

Just exercising my First Amendment rights here.

[trof]

20. Oh just barf

[BlueSpot]

26. Breakfast of Champions, baby

[LeftInTX]

38. Like little chocolate donuts

[smirkymonkey]

47. That was hysterical!

I loved Belushi! Just his facial expressions cracked me up.

[hibbing]

13. Does your hatred extend to squash?

[trof]

21. Nope.

You can do enough to squash to make it palatable.
Sautéed with enough onions and garlic, it's passable.

Boiled?
Right up there with zucchini.
Tasteless.

[NightWatcher]

14. Would you care for one of a billion pumpkin beers?

[LeftInTX]

39. I tried pumpkin beer last year

I think it was Blue Moon. It tasted like raw green pumpkin. I couldn't taste the spice. It wasn't as sweet as regular beer.

However, the Blue moon Cinnamon Horchata beer was yummy and sweet.

[MyNameGoesHere]

52. I checked again to make sure

Pumpkin is not listed in the Reinheitsgebot. So no, it isn't beer.

[Callmecrazy]

15. I ate a whole pie by myself yesterday...

Just to practice for Thursday.

[Nevernose]

16. We've found pumpkin pie wine

And pumpkin pie flavored triscuits. Fuck pumpkins and their ridiculous seasonings.

[OxQQme]

17. Carbonated Pumpkin Spice Ice Cream

[trof]

23. Well you just know that's fun.

[ploppy]

22. What a Happy Thread

This thread made my day and I am laughing my head off. Oh - bacon IS for breakfast.

[trof]

24. We desparately need some happy threads.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. I don't remember Pumpkin Spice

as being a member of the Spice Girls.

[greatauntoftriplets]

28. We're fellow travelers.

Pumpkin is bleah. Happily, there will be more than one dessert tomorrow night.

Chocolate rules!

[ProfessorGAC]

29. One Thing The Souterners Got Way Right. . .

. . .is pecan pie on Thanksgiving. A far better choice, imo.

[greatauntoftriplets]

30. I actually find pecan pie to be too sweet for me.

It's not a thing in my family anyway.

[ProfessorGAC]

31. Actually I Like Both

But i can see why people don't like pumpkin pie and why so many people slather on the whipped cream.

That being said, i guess i can see how pecan pie is too sweet for some.

We never did it either, as i'm Chicago folk, too. But, i know folks from GA and LA, and that's a regular thing for them.

[LeftInTX]

40. My mom made a pecan pie that wasn't too sweet. It was the best in the world.

Unfortunately, my mom had dementia and couldn't remember the recipe. I would ask her, "How did you make this?" She would always reply, "I don't know". So, it was a pass-along thing that she couldn't pass-along. Sigh............

My grandmother, who was a professional cook, told me that vinegar was the secret ingredient. I don't believe my mom used corn syrup. Her pie was never runny.

[Lars39]

54. Might have had cornmeal in it to firm it up.

[trof]

33. Roger that

[Dracaena]

44. May I also add

That Southerns got homemade cornbread right too.

The Northern kind is too sweet for my taste and the consistency of cake.

I like the coarse kind with not a hint of sugar taste.

[lame54]

32. because chocolate is sooooooo hard to find

[cwydro]

35. I do like pumpkin pie. Once a year.

But I agree on all the other pumpkin crap.

Pumpkin EVERYTHING! Just no.

[LeftInTX]

36. You left pumpkin beer off the list

I'm a pumpkin lover, so I bought some pumpkin beer last year and it tasted nasty. It tasted like raw green pumpkin without spices. It might as well I have bought unripe squash beer. There is also pumpkin soda, which I didn't try.

Pumpkin ice cream has been around a long time. I remember buying a double cone from Baskin-Robbins in 1970.

I think pumpkin everything/everywhere is pretty much marketing genius. Wish, I would have thought of it.

[ailsagirl]

41. Don't like anything pumpkin except for one thing

PUMPKIN BREAD - it's seriously delicious

[Still In Wisconsin]

48. Unless it's dry.

If it's dry it's squirrel food.

[ailsagirl]

53. Yep!!

[mackerel]

42. What about Rhubarb pie?

[trof]

43. Mama's little baby loves rhubarb, rhubarb,

Mama's little baby loves rhubarb, rhubarb,
Bebop-a-rebop Rhubarb Pie!
Bebop-a-rebop rhubarb pie and Bebop-a-rebop frozen rhubarb pie filling.

One little thing can revive a guy,
And that is home-made rhubarb pie.
Serve it up, nice and hot.
Maybe things aren't as bad as you thought.

[Dr. Strange]

46. Damn your unAmerican attitude!

Screw you hippie traitor!

Pumpkin spice forever!

[oberliner]

50. They are shifting to peppermint and chocolate

It's already Christmas at Starbucks.

[MyNameGoesHere]

51. I don't get how people pretend they like it.

It's not good at all.