9 Oct – Stomach Turners

Is there any fall flavour that turns your stomach?

 

How about this notion of pumpkin-spiced-everything that you seem to keep banging on about?

Pumpkin is gross. It should never be made into a pie or a cake or anything dessert-like. It’s simply wrong. Same goes for carrot cake. Vegetables are not supposed to be dessert ingredients.

And whilst we’re on the subject, what the heck are yams? I don’t even know what they are but even they sound gross. Just the word ‘yam’ sounds uncomfortable and leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

8 Oct – Pie Wars

Which pie wins your heart as the classic autumnal pie: apple or pumpkin?

 
I always follow a simple rule – vegetables are not desserts, regardless how much sugar / butter / cream etc you add to it. There is no debate here. Apple pie all the way, with a gorgeous sugar-crusted pastry top and served hot with a massive scoop of ice cream.

Heaven.

6 Oct – Pumpkin Spice

Pumpkin spiced flavoured everything: can’t get enough OR enough already!

Unless you’re drinking your Starbucks religiously, the whole ‘pumpkin spice’ concept really doesn’t exist here in Australia, as it’s predominantly a purely American thing for ‘fall’ and leading up towards Halloween.

I’m not exactly a big fan of pumpkin in the first place, let alone anything pumpkin-spiced.

Sorry, but you guys can have it all to yourselves.