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Pumpkin Spice Season
Oct 2
Other Scottish Country Dances for this Day
Today's Musings, History & Folklore
"Peter Piper, pumpkin sipper,
Loved his spice in every nipper.
He’d play his pipes both loud and clear,
For dancers strathspeying far and near.
They’d glide and step with grace so spry,
As Peter sipped his pumpkin chai.
Peter Piper, pumpkin fife,
Kept dancers swaying all through his life!"
~ The Pumpkin Spice Piper
Are you a devotee of this most ubiquitous of seasonal beverages, the Pumpkin Spice Latté ? Or do you eschew the new and trendy and stick to the traditional? Either way, sugar and spice makes everything nice for this autumn and Hallowe'en season, including this sugary and spicy strathspey which starts with 2nd and 4th couple improper and is sprinkled with interesting and lengthy paths for the dancing couples. Although the Pumpkin Spice Latté craze started in the US in 2003, this namesake spice combination's spicy origins go back to the 1950's when spice companies released combinations of traditional spices as an easy way to flavour a pumpkin pie, pumpkin muffins, or pumpkin bread! Spice up your dance season with a bit of pumpkin, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, sugar, cloves, and allspice! And a bit of whisky never hurts! 🎃 ☕ 🕺 💃
Sugar and Spice
Ah, the annual pumpkin spice craze – that magical time of year when ordinary food and drink go through a full-blown identity crisis. Suddenly, everything needs a splash of cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove to feel relevant. Your local café turns into a pumpkin patch with an espresso machine, proudly offering pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin spice muffins, even pumpkin spice air fresheners (because your house should also smell like a pie). Supermarkets get in on the act, lining shelves with pumpkin spice cereal, pumpkin spice yogurt, and if you squint hard enough, you might even find a pumpkin spice toothpaste.
Of course, this frenzy doesn’t stop at food. There are pumpkin spice candles, hand lotions, and even pumpkin spice pet treats – because nothing says “I love my dog” like making him smell like the inside of a Thanksgiving pie. It’s as if the entire world has entered into an unspoken pact: thou shalt add pumpkin spice to everything, regardless of common sense or culinary logic. After all, nothing welcomes fall quite like sipping a steaming cup of pumpkin spice...motor oil? Okay, maybe it's gone too far, but hey, it's only for a season – until peppermint takes over!
In the meantime, embrace the spice with some baking recipes that make the best of the spices of the season.
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