The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for October 09, 2021

I’m with Brutus!!! Even the smell of “pumpkin spice” makes me gag!!

/SHEESH/

Spicy salami pizza for me tonight.

Yesterday I mentioned the film ‘Frances’, but I was misunderstood as I was referring to that 1982 film with Jessica Lange and not ‘Francis the Talking Mule’ from the 1950s. I’m sorry.

As far as I’m concerned, the only place for pumpkin spice is in a good pumpkin pie. Served with a big dollop of whipped cream.

A pieca pumpkin pie tonight and we’re having turkey tomorrow and Monday. (It’s Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada.)

Does one use aerosol whipped cream instead of Parmesan cheese on pumpkin spice pizza?

I’ve never even had a pumpkin spice latte.

I make my own pizza, and I suppose if someone requested it, I could make a dessert pizza using a sweet bread for the crust and pumpkin pie filling in place of the red sauce, but I’m 74 and that hasn’t happened yet, and I like to think the pumpkin pie spice “thing” has already peaked and it declining. The pumpkin pizza would take far less pumpkin sauce than what goes in a pie, so to avoid being wasteful I’d probably have to make a small pumpkin pie also.

Itchy Eddie should be arrested for crimes against taste buds.

that is NOT pizza

As I keep saying, pumpkin spice is the new bacon.

better be sure to order the finocchiona ice cream for dessert…

A local garage is advertising pumpkin spice oil change.

Right there with you Brutus

They have pizza flavors like that? I wouldn’t buy it, it sounds weird… may I have a slice?

“Pumpkin Spice” creamer flavor for your coffee Brutus? Git outta here…

My wife is from Kentucky and loves anything Pumpkiny. I, on the other hand, had never actually seen a real pumpkin until I graduated college and moved to Virginia to take a job. I can take it or leave it.

I don’t think a lot of people realize that pumpkin spice is just a mix of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, and sometimes allspice, all of which evoke a warm autumn flavor. I am not a coffee drinker, so I enjoy it in chai tea. It is a perfect addition the the right food or drink. I also enjoy pumpkin butter which they sell at Trader Joes, and would add pumpkin spice to pancakes, like I would add cinnamon.

I get the feeling that many who claim they dislike pumpkin spice either have either had an artificial flavor and those are always gross and oversweetened, or they just want to get on the bandwagon of being “anti-pumpkin spice”. In the better restaurants of the world, the top chefs regularly mix untraditional spices and foods to get amazing results. With this in mind, it is entirely possible for a pizza to be made with pumpkin spice where it tastes good, and I would try it as long as it had the right ingredients.

Perfect opportunity for Brutus to try a high protein, low carb and low fat diet!

I’m with you Brutus. Pumpkin spice in anything but cookies, baked goods or pumpkin pie is beyond me. However, don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater. Fall has football, good food (aside from pumpkin spice pizza of course) Halloween, Thanksgiving and all the pre Christmas Hoopla. Pumpkin Pizza, even if it was free, no way…..

Hold on Bru, my college team is playing today.

I’m no longer a big pizza eater, but pumpkin spice pizza sounds really gross. Now, pumpkin spice waffles might be a winner.

They’re giving pizza places a bad idea…

Let’s have personal pizzas tonight.

I’m waiting for pumpkin spiced pumpkin pie

For so say we all, Thorny!

Ordering from Itchy Eddie’s is always a rash decision no matter the season.

A big side of pumpkin spice Buffalo wings would go great with that pizza.

Forget the pumpkin spice. My concern about their dinner plans is over the wisdom of ordering from a place called “Itchy Eddie’s.” I want to know when his place was last inspected by the local Board of Health and why he’s itchy (since I’m not actually eating at his establishment, I can stop short of wondering where he has to scratch himself, and worrying that he might be using some of his cooking utensils to do it).

And it’s only autumn peak.

I’d rather have anything without cilantro.

After eating that garlic kimchi you should be able to pass enough gas to turn your place into a bio-hazard site.

What is it with the pumpkin spice obsession over there?