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Cooking & Baking

no_hypocrisy

(46,104 posts) Thu Jul 14, 2016, 11:42 AM Jul 2016

It's 81 degrees and I just baked a pumpkin pie.

1. Why be parochial to a calendar date?
2. I wanted to free up some space in the freezer (pumpkin puree)
3. Why not?

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It's 81 degrees and I just baked a pumpkin pie. (Original Post) no_hypocrisy Jul 2016 OP

I enjoy pumpkin in all its iterations! MADem Jul 2016 #1

81 woul feel like midwinter to me Warpy Jul 2016 #2

Any time is the right time for pumpkin pie! 2theleft Jul 2016 #3

In the NW there is a squash called the "Sweet Meat". Green as it grows, matures to a grayish hue. jtuck004 Jul 2016 #4

MADem

(135,425 posts)

1. I enjoy pumpkin in all its iterations!

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Thu Jul 14, 2016, 12:05 PM

Jul 2016

Pumpkin pie, pumpkin squash, and the seasonal pumpkin ice cream that comes around from Oct-Dec (LOVE that stuff).

It's good for ya, too. Got any ice cream to put on top? MMMmmmmmm yum!