Ah, October. There’s the crisper weather. The costumes. The abundance of pumpkin-related things to eat/drink. On that note, here are five by-the-meal applications of the great orange gourd. Why carve when you can consume...
There’s nothing like starting your day with a dose of caffeine. Yep, a little dose of frothy, cinnamon-y, pumpkin-infused caffeine. Like the kind you can now get at the Pearl Cup. See, they’ve got a pumpkin latte. Which means your AM routine is now much more October-y. And that’s a good thing. Trust us.
Breakfast: brunch’s less glamorous brother. Also, the ideal time for some pumpkin cake donuts. Ones topped with cream cheese frosting and a crumbled pumpkin pie Pop-Tart. Everything tastes better crumbled.
When you’re at a tamale house, you get tamales. Little pockets of masa stuffed with pork, beans and jalapeños. And when it’s fall, you get those tamales with a salty-sweet pumpkin filling. You’re not one to thumb your nose at fall.
Here, you’ve got a healthy portion of sautéed pumpkin. Covered in garlic yogurt and a spiced meat sauce. Sounds... questionable, but it works. It works very well, in fact. Sweet. Savory. Kadu. Good old kadu.
Here’s a shock: pumpkin and spiced rum taste good together. As do pumpkin, spiced rum, vermouth, maple syrup and an egg. Seems like the sort of thing that should require a ladle. Or at least a cinnamon swizzle stick.
