Yes, I'm the last person in America to have never tasted pumpkin.
2006-11-19 09:53:46 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Just a few days ago, me and these kids on my bus were talking about Pumpkin Pie verses SweetPotato Pie. I was white and never tasted sweet potato pie, and they were black and never had pumpkin pie. I think it is just a difference in the culture.
The taste has a sweet yet spicy taste of it. Very natural, and sweetbut not over powering. I love pumpkin pie. I would just tell you to buy one, and not cook one. It is just better to do it if it is your first time. Maybe go to a store and try a peice. I love it.
If you do make pumpkin pies, you use the small pumpkins, notthe ones you use to carve jack o lanters. Or bie pumpkin pei mix in the can.
good luck and I hope you like it.
2006-11-19 10:06:59 · answer #1 · answered by quest 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pumpkin pie varies by what ingredients you use. If you ask me, most canned pumkin pie mixes taste like slime. I hate them. I use actual pumkins when I make pies. It's ok to use the medium sized pumpkins, but I agree that the LARGE ones are bad.
If you use real pumkins, first scoop the pumkin like you would for a jack-o-lantern. Throw all those nasty old guts straight in the trash. Then slice the pumpkin into crescents and bake them. Then you will remove the skins and the hard baked out area. The golden inside is now soft and tender and should be EASILY mashed, not stringy at all. Just add your own ingredients from there according to your recipe. Remember that the canned crud often has some spices and other ingredients already in it, so be sure to get a recipe for REAL pumkin pie, not a crap in a can pie.
Oh, and pumkin pie is BEST (ie, only good) when served with whipped cream.
2006-11-19 18:31:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
To me, pumpkin tastes like acorn /hubbard squash. It is smooth, bland and golden brown in color. The good flavor comes from the spices that you add to it. Then it tastes kinda like gingerbread. Like squash, it all depends what you do to it. In pie, it is not overly sweet just more sweetly spicy! Have fun and enjoy. top your pie with whipped cream! Yum.
Here's a recipe you might enjoy
Easiest No Bake Pumpkin Pie
1 x 8" or 9" graham cracker crust, unbaked
1 cup Heavy cream
1 sm Pkg vanilla instant pudding and pie filling, (3- 1/2 oz)
1/2 cup Milk
1 cup Pumpkin pie filling mix
Cinnamon, for garnish
1. With electric mixer on high speed, whip cream until stiff peaks form.
Set aside.
2. In second bowl, add pudding mix; whisk in milk.
3. Stir in pumpkin pie filling, combining well.
4. Fold in whipped cream until no white streaks remain.
5. Spoon mixture into pie shell; sprinkle with cinnamon.
6. Refrigerate at least 2 hours.
Variation: This pie can also be made in mini graham cracker crusts
2006-11-19 21:21:05 · answer #3 · answered by Nisey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pumpkin tastes a lot like sweet potatoes (or yams).
2006-11-19 17:56:13 · answer #4 · answered by CarolynJayne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to a coffee shop and have a slice of pumpkin pie. Good God.
2006-11-19 17:58:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Slimy and stringy and tastes like squash. It's okay in pumkin pie because of all the spices and the way it's cooked so you hardly recognize it. Otherwise I wouldn't eat it at all but I don't like squash in general. If you like squash maybe it's edible.
2006-11-19 17:57:35 · answer #6 · answered by mj_indigo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With all the ingredients added together, it tastes very much like gingerbread (at least to me) or even like carrot cake.
2006-11-19 18:05:32 · answer #7 · answered by alessa_sunderland 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
with the sugar, etc. it;s like a cooked Golden Delicious apple. Somewhat bland but creamy
2006-11-19 17:55:20 · answer #8 · answered by Violet Pearl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is sweet....thats the pumkin taste for me....i dont konow what its taste according to your tounge....why dont you try it,it wont kill you
2006-11-19 17:58:41 · answer #9 · answered by eduard g 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋