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'''Pumpkin pie''' is a traditional [[North America]]n sweet [[dessert]], eaten during the [[Autumn|fall]] and early [[winter]], especially for [[Thanksgiving]] and [[Christmas]]. The pumpkin is a symbol of harvest time and featured also at [[Halloween]]. |
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The [[pie]] consists of a [[pumpkin]]-based [[custard]], ranging in color from orange to brown, baked in a single pie shell, rarely with a top crust. The pie is generally flavored with [[nutmeg]], [[cinnamon]], [[clove]]s and [[ginger]]. |
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This pie is often made from [[Canning|canned]] pumpkin or packaged pumpkin pie filling (spices included); this is a seasonal product available in bakeries and grocery stores, although it is possible to find year-round. |
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== Preparation == |
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The traditional method for preparing a pumpkin pie involves the use of a "pie pumpkin" which is about eight to ten inches in circumference, being smaller than a "jack o latern" size pumpkin. The pumpkin is sliced in half, and the seeds removed. The two halves are heated until soft. This was traditionally done either in an oven or over an open fire, but modern methods of heating the pumpkin include on a stove top, or even microwave. Sometimes the pumpkin halves are brined to soften the pulp, rather than cooked. At this point the inside "pulp" is scooped out and pureed in a blender to ensure its consistency. At this point, the blended, cooked pulp is about the same thing as canned pumpkin pie filling. |
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This pulp is then mixed with nutmeg, sugar, and other pumpkin pie type spices, then baked in a pie shell.<ref>http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBoQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pickyourown.org%2Fpumpkinpie.php&ei=Zqz5TKqXCMaAlAey67nnBw&usg=AFQjCNGf61IPMOkllxWZw2PrKQMyKmSZlw</ref> |
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== History == |
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The pumpkin is native to the continent of North America. It was an early export to France; from there it was introduced to Tudor England, and the flesh of the “pompion” was quickly accepted as pie filler. The Pilgrims brought the pumpkin pie back to New England,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/24/opinion/24colquhoun.html?th&emc=th |work=New York Times |date=2007-12-24 |title=A Dessert With a Past |first=Kate |last=Colquhoun |accessdate=2010-12-04}}</ref> while English method of cooking the pumpkin took a different course. In the 19th century, the English pumpkin pie was prepared by stuffing the pumpkin with apples, spices and sugar and then baking it whole.<ref>{{citation |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=h5E5AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA113 |title=Reports on the herbaceous plants and on the quadrupeds of Massachusetts |year=1840}}</ref> |
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[[John Greenleaf Whittier]] wrote in his 1850 poem "The Pumpkin":<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19022 |title=The Pumpkin- Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More |publisher=Poets.org |date= |accessdate=2010-08-19}}</ref> |
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[[File:PumpkinPiePiece.JPG|thumb|left|160px|A slice of pumpkin pie]] |
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{{block quote|Ah! on Thanksday, when from East and from West, |
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From North and from South comes the pilgrim and guest;<br> |
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When the gray-haired New Englander sees round his board<br> |
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The old broken links of affection restored;<br> |
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When the care-wearied man seeks his mother once more,<br> |
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And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before;<br> |
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What moistens the lip and what brightens the eye,<br> |
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What calls back the past, like the rich Pumpkin pie?}} |
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[[Oscar Ferdinand Telgmann]] and [[George Frederick Cameron]] wrote the song "Farewell O Fragrant Pumpkin Pie" in the 1889 [[opera]] ''[[Leo, the Royal Cadet]]'':<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archive.org/details/cihm_06551 |title=Leo, the Royal cadet [microform] : Cameron, George Frederick, 1854-1885 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive |publisher=Archive.org |date=2001-03-10 |accessdate=2010-08-19}}</ref> |
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[[Image:One-pie pumpkin.jpg|thumb|upright|150px|A can of pureed pumpkin, typically used as the main ingredient in the pie filling]] |
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{{blockquote| |
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Farewell, O fragrant pumpkin pie! <br> |
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Dyspeptic pork, adieu! <br> |
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Though to the college halls I hie. <br> |
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On field of battle though I die, my latest sob, my latest sigh <br> |
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shall wafted be to you! <br> |
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And thou, O doughnut rare and rich and fried divinely brown! <br> |
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Thy form shall fill a noble niche in memory's chamber whilst I pitch <br> |
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my tent beside the river which rolls on through Kingston town. <br> |
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And my Love—my little Nell, <br> |
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the apple of my eye to thee how can I say farewell? <br> |
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I love thee more than I can tell; <br> |
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I love thee more than anything—but—pie!}} |
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The holiday [[carol (music)|carol]] "[[Home for the Holidays (song)|There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays]]" makes a reference to homemade pumpkin pie being looked forward to by a man returning to his family's home in [[Pennsylvania]]. "[[Sleigh Ride]]", another popular Christmas song, also mentions sitting around a fire after being out in the snow and eating pumpkin pie. "[[Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree]]" contains the lyric, "Later we'll have some pumpkin pie / And we'll do some carolling". |
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Many companies produce seasonal pumpkin pie flavored products such as [[ice cream]], [[coffee]], [[cheesecake]], [[Pancake|pancakes]], [[candy]], and [[beer]]. Several breweries produce a seasonal pumpkin ale. Throughout much of the [[United States]] it is tradition to serve pumpkin pie after [[Thanksgiving dinner]]. |
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== Records == |
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The world's largest pumpkin pie was made in [[New Bremen, Ohio]] at the New Bremen Pumpkinfest.<ref name="pumpkinnook">{{cite web|title=2010 World Record Pumpkin Pie|url=http://www.pumpkinnook.com/giants/pumpkinpierecord.htm|publisher=Pumpkin Nook|accessdate=5 January 2011}}</ref> It was created on September 25, 2010. The [[pie]] consisted of 1,212 pounds of canned [[pumpkin]], 109 gallons of [[evaporated milk]], 2,796 [[Egg (food)|eggs]], 7 pounds of [[salt]], 14.5 pounds of [[cinnamon]], and 525 pounds of [[sugar]].<ref name=pumpkinnook /> The final pie weighed 3,699 pounds and measured 20 feet in diameter.<ref name=pumpkinnook /> |
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==See also== |
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*[[List of pies]] |
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*[[Sweet potato pie]] |
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== References == |
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{{Cookbook|Pumpkin Pie}} |
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{{reflist|2}} |
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{{American pies}} |
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{{Thanksgiving}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pumpkin Pie}} |
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[[Category:American pies]] |
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[[Category:Christmas food]] |
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[[Category:Custard desserts]] |
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[[Category:Halloween food]] |
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[[Category:Squashes and pumpkins]] |
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[[Category:Sweet pies]] |
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[[Category:Thanksgiving food]] |
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[[de:Pumpkin pie]] |
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[[es:Pastel de calabaza]] |
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[[it:Torta di zucca]] |
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[[ja:パンプキンパイ]] |
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[[pl:Pumpkin pie]] |
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[[pt:Torta de abóbora]] |
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[[ru:Тыквенный пирог]] |
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