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DucksNuts · 10-16-2007, 07:37 PM

I dont get pumpkin pie, how can pumpkin be sweet?

Do you like have it mashed for dinner as well? or roasted? or soup?

TheMercenary · 10-16-2007, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by DucksNuts

I dont get pumpkin pie, how can pumpkin be sweet?

Do you like have it mashed for dinner as well? or roasted? or soup?

We always roast and eat the seeds. After that we toss them off a ladder or off the roof of the house and smash them in the driveway.

Aliantha · 10-16-2007, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

We always roast and eat the seeds. After that we toss them off a ladder or off the roof of the house and smash them in the driveway.

The seeds, the pumpkins or the people who ate the seeds?

jinx · 10-16-2007, 07:43 PM

I made pumpkin soup a couple years in a row for Thanksgiving. My daughter wants to make it this year and serve it in little pumpkins.... she must have been watching Martha Stewart or something...

Occasionally soup - mostly just the pie though. It's sweet because you put lots of sugar (and cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger etc.. in it).
It's pretty common here to roast squash with brown sugar, maple syrup etc.. You guys don't do that?

Aliantha · 10-16-2007, 08:19 PM

I think you've summed up every outsiders view of the stuff Americans eat Monster. lol I know I've thought exactly the same thing.

Of course, this is comming from someone who likes vegemite, so it may not carry too much weight.

monster · 10-16-2007, 08:40 PM

I never knew they ate these things when I moved here. At the first pot-luck beest's bosses wife went to (they shipped his whole department over), she took a sherry trifle and watched in horror as people blobbed it on the plate next to the lasagna and ate -and enjoyed- the two together.

Life would be boring if we all liked the same things, though (and maybe they were just better at being polite).

Aliantha · 10-16-2007, 08:43 PM

YUCK YUCK YUCK YUCK YUCK!!!

That is just so wrong on so many different levels. Unless you're trying to save on washing up I suppose.

DucksNuts · 10-16-2007, 08:46 PM

Noooo, we like our main meals of the non sweet variety.

About as sweet as it would get is Stewed Apple with Pork and Honey added to Carrots with garlic....or honey chicken etc.

Adding sweet stuff to things like potatoes and pumpkin just seems really weird to me.

I made a chicken curry with banana the other week and every one near had a pink fit!!

jinx · 10-16-2007, 11:18 PM

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I made a chicken curry with banana the other week and every one near had a pink fit!!

The "name of town" roll at a local fusion restaurant consists of white tuna, avocado and cuke, with banana tempura on top. I haven't tried it yet, but I'm going to now... just cause I'm a crazy american...

monster · 10-16-2007, 08:47 PM

paper plates. but sometimes you have to snag the good desserts at the beginning or they'll be gone. It's just a matter of keeping the two sides of your plate apart -a berlin wall of veggies from the dip tray works well

Aliantha · 10-16-2007, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

paper plates. but sometimes you have to snag the good desserts at the beginning or they'll be gone. It's just a matter of keeping the two sides of your plate apart -a berlin wall of veggies from the dip tray works well

Why don't they put the main course out first, and then serve the desert with tea and coffee? That's what happens here. That way no one can accidentally have triffle with lasagne.

And no one will miss out either.

Aliantha · 10-16-2007, 08:48 PM

banana is good in a curry. so are sultanas sometimes.

but yeah, marshmallows and potatoes? Triffle and lasagne? No way! It's making me want to hurl just thinking about it.

monster · 10-16-2007, 08:52 PM

you come in, dump your dish on the table, grab a plate and load up. not everyone arrives at the same time or eats at the same speed....

Aliantha · 10-16-2007, 08:55 PM

That all sounds very weird. We have pot luck dinners over here too, but still the deserts get put out after. If you're late, you might miss out on first course. That's an extra incentive not to be tardy.

My family have a lot of those dinners. We're experts. We all take twice as much as anyone could eat and then take half home, or swap stuff and eat someone else's left overs the next night for dinner.

lumberjim · 10-16-2007, 10:45 PM

roasted pumpkin seeds rock. srsly.

10-16-2007, 07:43 PM	#4
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I made pumpkin soup a couple years in a row for Thanksgiving. My daughter wants to make it this year and serve it in little pumpkins.... she must have been watching Martha Stewart or something... Occasionally soup - mostly just the pie though. It's sweet because you put lots of sugar (and cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger etc.. in it). It's pretty common here to roast squash with brown sugar, maple syrup etc.. You guys don't do that? __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

10-16-2007, 08:19 PM	#5
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I think you've summed up every outsiders view of the stuff Americans eat Monster. lol I know I've thought exactly the same thing. Of course, this is comming from someone who likes vegemite, so it may not carry too much weight. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-16-2007, 08:40 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I never knew they ate these things when I moved here. At the first pot-luck beest's bosses wife went to (they shipped his whole department over), she took a sherry trifle and watched in horror as people blobbed it on the plate next to the lasagna and ate -and enjoyed- the two together. Life would be boring if we all liked the same things, though (and maybe they were just better at being polite). __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-16-2007, 08:43 PM	#7
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	YUCK YUCK YUCK YUCK YUCK!!! That is just so wrong on so many different levels. Unless you're trying to save on washing up I suppose. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-16-2007, 08:47 PM	#10
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	paper plates. but sometimes you have to snag the good desserts at the beginning or they'll be gone. It's just a matter of keeping the two sides of your plate apart -a berlin wall of veggies from the dip tray works well __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-16-2007, 07:37 PM	#1
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	I dont get pumpkin pie, how can pumpkin be sweet? Do you like have it mashed for dinner as well? or roasted? or soup?

10-16-2007, 08:46 PM	#8
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Noooo, we like our main meals of the non sweet variety. About as sweet as it would get is Stewed Apple with Pork and Honey added to Carrots with garlic....or honey chicken etc. Adding sweet stuff to things like potatoes and pumpkin just seems really weird to me. I made a chicken curry with banana the other week and every one near had a pink fit!!

10-16-2007, 08:48 PM	#12
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	banana is good in a curry. so are sultanas sometimes. but yeah, marshmallows and potatoes? Triffle and lasagne? No way! It's making me want to hurl just thinking about it. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-16-2007, 08:52 PM	#13
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	you come in, dump your dish on the table, grab a plate and load up. not everyone arrives at the same time or eats at the same speed.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-16-2007, 08:55 PM	#14
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	That all sounds very weird. We have pot luck dinners over here too, but still the deserts get put out after. If you're late, you might miss out on first course. That's an extra incentive not to be tardy. My family have a lot of those dinners. We're experts. We all take twice as much as anyone could eat and then take half home, or swap stuff and eat someone else's left overs the next night for dinner. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-16-2007, 10:45 PM	#15
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	roasted pumpkin seeds rock. srsly. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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