Back around Thanksgiving we had a big party at work and as gifts, we all received a burlap sack containing a can of pumpkin, a tastefully decorated jar filled with layers of flour and brown sugar and such, and a card on which was written a recipe for pumpkin bread. I've been meaning to try it but haven't gotten around to it yet--too much gingerbread to bake, you know--but I just found a recipe for pumpkin white hot chocolate and remembered that I had that can of pumpkin in the pantry.
I won't give you the recipe here because I'm not convinced it's worthy--although I intend to keep tweaking it--but the gist is that you whisk together milk and pumpkin puree and a variety of appropriate spices, wait for it to get all steamy, and then stir in white chocolate. Present to applause.
I thought the pumpkin looked a little curious in the can. It wasn't a brand I've ever used before, or even one I've seen in the grocery store. I imagine the party planner at work got them in bulk through some sketchy back-alley deal. But I plonked in a sizable dollop and proceeded with the spices.
Well. It was not a success. I poured two big mugs for myself and the hubby, and we both took a sip and just about spat it out. I went back to take a look at the can. On the front it said, "PUMPKIN: 100% Pumpkin!" And on the back it said, in extremely tiny print, "Ingredients: Assorted squash."
Squash hot chocolate. Oh, oh, the awfulness. We'll file that under M for Mistakes I Will Never Make Again.
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