Stern Warning

As we come into the autumn holiday season I need to repeat my annual warning against accidentally eating something that's pumpkin flavor. If pumpkin is so good, how come we don't eat it all the time?

I'm not talking about pumpkin pie. In spite of pumpkins being the last thing in the world I'd think to make a pie out of, it has this traditional thing going, plus you can substitute sweet potato pie, which actually tastes good, and get away with it. What I'm warning against is things like pumpkin latte's and pumpkin brownies. Why? Why, I ask, would you create such a thing?