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[Eldin00]

Tis the season guys...

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Anyone have any awesome uses for pumpkin spice, aside from putting it in coffee, on pumpkin, and in baked goods?

I would assume that an oil change would not be an awesome use for pumpkin spice.

Beyond what is mentioned, the only thing I've use pumpkin spice is for pumpkin-pie ice cream.

Pumpkin pie spice is a mix of several of the most commonly used spices in baking. Pretty much anyplace you'd use cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice will be ok (sometimes better, sometimes not as good, but almost always still ok). I've also used it as a replacement for garam masala in a pinch, but it's a mediocre substitute.

[Sappho]

I ended up using some last night to make some butternut squash. Cut the squash into cubes, rolled in olive oil and pumpkin spice, then roasted in the oven. Sauteed up some onion and garlic and tossed that, some pasta, and the squash together to make a pretty delicious meal!

[Avis-Mergulus]

I made brownies! And they turned out fairly delicious, even if I had to make the batter in two batches and they turned out to have a different look and consistency when baked. It was a pretty cool visual effect, actually, where there was this fluid dark brown spot in the lighter brown brownie. The recipe's here, it's really a pretty good one.

[Bumblebee]

Spoiler:  Hey, look what I got! (click to show/hide)

It's pine cone jam. The cones are chewable, edible and tasty, and the syrup resembles raspberry. I didn't even know this is possible! It's nothing but cones, sugar and water and it's awesome. Dad brought it from an exibition (have no idea what kind of exibition it was) and he was told it's only made in a monastery in the city of Kolomna and the cones are transported from Siberia. I guess there are some Chineese virgins and dew at the dawn of the full moon hidden in the Siberian part, but they won't tell.

[Comrade P.]

There was an exhibit of various jams in Moscow a while ago, my mother also brought some of that pine cone jam home. I never tasted it though. She said it was nice.

[penguinofhonor]

That is so cool. I need to find some to try.

[Bumblebee]

There was an exhibit of various jams in Moscow a while ago.

No, it wasn't the "Moscow jam*", dad attended it due to his work, it sould've been something more serious.

*"Moscow jam" is a local annual automn trade exibition of omnomnomity. Exotic and national food is exposed, etc.

[sprinkled chariot]

pancakes, thin pancakes. Recipe of happyness.

[TempAcc]

I just found this hot pepper sauce with honey mixed in, at some small market in the roadway... And its actualy pretty damn good :v!

[Helgoland]

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If you ever happen to encounter that stuff again, would you be interested in exporting a couple jars a few thousand klicks westwards?

[Sirus]

I just found this hot pepper sauce with honey mixed in, at some small market in the roadway... And its actualy pretty damn good :v!

Was it honey-chipotle sauce? That stuff is amazing.

[Sheb]

A bunch of Erasmus students cooked us an asian feast yesterday, and the Koreans had that amazing saltyish hot pepper paste. It's really nice, I had to transition away from Tabasco because its completely cover the taste of your food before getting hot enough. Sriracha is really nice, but using it on every dish gets old. This paste made the resulting dish hot enough AND pleasant.
 
Also, I still cannot feel my tongue.

[Bauglir]

If it is what I think it is, now you have a name for purchasing more.

[Jopax]

I have lentils!

Think I'm gonna cook it up and then pop some tomatoes and bacon on a pan and mix it in once it's cooked. Perhaps toss in some cottage cheese at the end, tho that might be a bit of an overkill. Will let you know of the results.

[Akura]

First attempt at making buckeye candies is going well. Took a while to mix the dough(peanut butter, butter, a little bit of vanilla extract, and more confectioner's sugar than anticipated) to the point where I could roll it into balls without getting it stuck to my hands, but I did.

Oddly, the recipe I was using is supposed to make 15 1-inch balls(actually 30, but I halved the recipe). I ended up with 24.

As soon as it's cold, I'm going to dip them in melted chocolate.