The Old Folks Home

[Kusanar]

I don't know that bear bells are any good. To my thinking when a bear hears the bell, he is thinking, 'here comes lunch!'

I think the point is that a startled bear is a dangerous bear, if you make noise you won't startle them.

 

[Athaid]

So in the US you guys eat pumpkin pie for Halloween? Is that a sweet or savoury dish?

 

[ronott1]

So in the US you guys eat pumpkin pie for Halloween? Is that a sweet or savoury dish?

Sweet. Yams are cooked as a side dish and can be either sweet or savory.

 

[Athaid]

Oh interesting. I'm going to look it up. I'm not sure if it's just an American thing, or of I've just been living under a rock.

 

[FridayYet]

We always have pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving. For Halloween we have "scary" food and trick-or-treat candy for dessert. (At least we did when the kids were young.)

 

[Athaid]

I've really never eaten anything 'Pumpkiny' so I can't imagine the taste. Must be good though if it's so popular.

 

[perchie.girl]

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same goes for rattlesnakes.... walking stick with a bell. they feel the vibrations

 

[Kusanar]

I've really never eaten anything 'Pumpkiny' so I can't imagine the taste. Must be good though if it's so popular.

Humm, not sure what you have over there, do you have acorn squash or sweet potatoes? Both of those are similar to pumpkin flavor.

 

[Athaid]

Humm, not sure what you have over there, do you have acorn squash or sweet potatoes? Both of those are similar to pumpkin flavor.

I've eaten sweet potatoes before but I've never heard of acorn squash. I've carved many pumpkins and have eaten little bits but I don't really remember it having a distinct taste. Just that it was slimy.

 

[chickisoup]

I've eaten sweet potatoes before but I've never heard of acorn squash. I've carved many pumpkins and have eaten little bits but I don't really remember it having a distinct taste. Just that it was slimy.

Real pie pumpkins are different from the huge hollow ones grown for carving or animal feed. The pie pumpkins I grow are a French heirloom and so sweet on their own they almost carmelize when you bake them. The ones you are talking about are pretty much tasteless just like the canned pumpkin they sell here in the states

Don't know how folks can make pie out of that nasty stuff. You have to add so much just to give it any taste .