Originally Posted by
katesnanna
I can understand Pumpkin Pie, but Pumpkin Pie Milkshake??
Down here pumpkin is a vegetable so this seems odd to me.
I've seen people talk about roast veges and what they cook.
Have never heard anyone mention pumpkin. Is it not eaten as a vege in America?
Always interested in differences from one country to another.
Hope to hear from someone.
I make bread pudding in a pumpkin shell, but that's about the only way I use (small) whole pumpkins in cooking. Butternut squash is very similar to pumpkin, and more manageable for 2 people. I read somewhere that canned pumpkin is actually butternut squash. I make pumpkin pie, usually, from canned pumpkin, but with all the sugar, it isn't considered a vegetable dish, just a dessert with some beta carotene to ease the dieter's conscience.
We love the version of the milkshake mythreesuns describes, and have done that for years, but it's time to try the lower calorie kind around here, and I'll bet it's good. I'm trying that soon. Thanks for sharing it!
One footnote: in St. Louis, where we used to live, there is a famous local ice cream stand, Ted Drewes, and sometimes they offer a pumpkin pie "concrete", which is a thick milkshake with actual pie, crust and all, beaten into it - delicious, but it must be hundreds of calories!