tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3794697684312522467.post1144270005845762098..comments2024-03-14T04:13:52.274-04:00Comments on Lost in the Pond | British accent. American life.: View From The Farce Side: There’s no Excuse for Pumpkin Pie!Laurence Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273049523024052213noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3794697684312522467.post-49871689586628376232015-11-01T21:17:18.894-05:002015-11-01T21:17:18.894-05:00Great comments, all! Thanks for taking the time to...Great comments, all! Thanks for taking the time to read my piece. Tongue was largely in cheek, though still somewhat on point. Glad it generated some great observations!Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17855411953889545132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3794697684312522467.post-63433383634829503532015-10-30T22:27:05.715-04:002015-10-30T22:27:05.715-04:00Gotta be careful here, mate. All three plants you...Gotta be careful here, mate. All three plants you don't celebrate are native to the Americas, no doubt a contributing factor to why we here have cooked with--and eaten--them for generations. All three make excellent pies. Commercially made ones usually aren't as good as homemade, so the starchy version of pecan you encountered wouldn't be the one to make you understand what any fuss is about. Interestingly, pecan pie is culinarily related to chess pie, which is supposed to have come from Britain. You've been here awhile, so you know how blueberries often feature around July 4th ("red white & blue" themed salads and desserts). While I personally prefer really ripe, sweeter blueberries to the small, tart ones, their piquant flavor is so uniquely theirs, it's just...part of American SUMMER for many of us. As is the pumpkin for American FALL--it's the primary symbol, as you've observed. Contrary to Charlie Brown, it was featured in the diet of the southwest native Americans centuries before the Pilgrims ever made it here. They ate it as a regular vegetable. (For a very nice savory recipe, look up Martha Stewart's roasted pumpkin with sage leaves.) Because I grew up with a mom who loved pumpkin pie, I got excited about (and looked forward to) it too. You didn't, so you don't. I--and lots of other Americans--got conditioned to like it; you didn't. I think it's that simple!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10821340749311930451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3794697684312522467.post-9460946261404144892015-10-30T17:30:35.826-04:002015-10-30T17:30:35.826-04:00I so agree that pecans/pecan pie is the most retch...I so agree that pecans/pecan pie is the most retched invention to grace a table. <br />Pumpkin pie is awesome though, even if it is mostly an excuse to eat whipped cream, who cares? It's whipped cream! But it can be made super tasty. Pumpkin Spice Lattes however...the magic just doesn't translate.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07102827532672221324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3794697684312522467.post-24139167281723184592015-10-30T12:21:49.654-04:002015-10-30T12:21:49.654-04:00I prefer hazlenuts over pecans. Even though I'...I prefer hazlenuts over pecans. Even though I'm a southerner I completely agree with your assessment of pecan pie. And the thing they call pumpkin pie isn't made with actual pumpkin (which I'm sure would actually improve its' taste) but with "pumpkin" out of a can. I disagree with you though over pumpkin flavor. You should give pumpkin bread a taste. It's pretty good.Brittaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13766658979578139012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3794697684312522467.post-64762241939038471972015-10-30T12:14:37.289-04:002015-10-30T12:14:37.289-04:00Can't agree you on the pecans. In the south, ...Can't agree you on the pecans. In the south, we put them in many, many things including chicken salad, brownies and German chocolate cake. But maybe we just do it for texture as you are right, they haven't a whole lot of flavor on their own. <br />BevAnneShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03841547506149415017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3794697684312522467.post-4864594876082064422015-10-30T11:12:18.910-04:002015-10-30T11:12:18.910-04:00I don't agree about blueberries, but I do abou...I don't agree about blueberries, but I do about pumpkins. I get everyone else a pumpkin pie or two and myself an apple pie (with lots of cinnamon).n0aaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020996948408839877noreply@blogger.com