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For most people, fall is a time for pumpkin food and enjoying the nice breeze and the changing of colors on the trees. Fall, for most, is a time to enjoy pumpkin food when it is in season and when pumpkins actually grow.
“I absolutely love love fall,” senior Hannah Botello said. “It’s my favorite season and I think that’s why I love pumpkin food so much. But I also think part of the reason I do love it so much is because pumpkin food is seasonal. I feel like if I had access to pumpkin food all the time then I wouldn’t like it as much because it wouldn’t mean as much to me.”
In a recent survey done by NS Times, around 88 percent of students at the high school said they like pumpkin food and treats, while only 12 percent do not.
“I absolutely love pumpkin food,” Botello said. “It’s one of my favorite seasonal things of this world. During fall me and my mom are always baking pumpkin treats and eating them. Anything pumpkin is absolutely delicious.”
While some absolutely love pumpkin food, others find it a good treat, but not their favorite, while others just hate pumpkin food altogether.
“Pumpkin food is alright,” junior Luke Olsen said. “I really kind of just like pumpkin pie and it’s mostly because I just get lots of whipped cream on it. But sometimes I feel like it’s a little overpowering and sometimes gross. But for the most part I just like pumpkin cookies and pumpkin pie, which sometimes I get crap for because other pumpkin stuff I don’t like as much.”
With pumpkins being seasonal, many people have experiences with family and friends that they would otherwise not have if pumpkin food was not seasonal.
“Me and my family always make pumpkin food,” junior Caden Madsen said. “My mom makes the best pumpkin chocolate chip cookies and I love pumpkin food because of it. I would have to say those cookies are definitely my favorite pumpkin food especially because they’re homemade, but any pumpkin food is delicious.”
With pumpkin foods all over the world, there are lots and lots of options. Some are better than others, but it eventually comes down to your opinion which is the best.
“For me, pumpkin cheesecake is absolutely amazing,” Botello said. “I tried it for the first time like last year, and it’s my new favorite pumpkin food. Who doesn’t love cheese cream frosting and pumpkin cake together? It’s the most wonderful dessert that is pumpkin.
With many pumpkin foods out there, some may wonder why there aren’t more. With pumpkin being as seasonal as they are with just a few months to grow, maybe more treats and foods should be made.
“I think we need more pumpkin foods,” Madsen said. “I really like them and where we have so many foods maybe we should try and make more things like pumpkin muffins or something or pumpkin cake like carrot cake and just so many other things since pumpkins are such a good food and thing to make treats with.”
