Pumpkin Bacon

 

Logical Fallacy?



The Pumpkin Bacon is a lie.  I apologize, my title is based on an article I read in NY Magazine comparing the seasonal pumpkin craze to the zealot like nature that people have adopted towards bacon.  Not that I don't enjoy a cripsy, salty, smoky strip of bacon fried in its own lard, but a Bacon Martini?  I'm not sure if even I'm that adventurous. 

The article does bring up a valid point that it is not the pumpkin itself that drives consumers gourd-crazy, or even the spices and sweet nature that pumpkin based foods entail, but the limited nature itself.  The reemergence of the Pumpkin every fall can be compared to the short period of time that McDonald's offers their McRib, that rib shaped pressed pork patty.

Kinda looks like ribs?

McDonald's has actually found they can make more money by offering the McRib for a limited time that by putting it on their permanent menu.  By withholding a product an even higher demand for it is created; people always want what they can't have!

I'm a big believer in the whole pumpkin experience: as much as I enjoy spiced, sweet treats to ignore all the other savory and textural aspects of the pumpkin would be cruel to this noble fruit.  For example, I would especially love to see some innovation taken in the commercial use of pumpkin seeds.  In fact i'll be attempting to make Pumpkin Seed Milk later, keep on the lookout for that post.

Do yall have seen anything or have any good ideas for moving pumpkins out of their traditional sweet-spiced regime?  Let me know.