Is Pumpkin pie a dessert, or can it be used as a side dish?

boysrus

Wed, Nov 25 2020, 10:57 pm

Question says it all Smile

Can I serve pumpkin pie as a side dish on shabbos?
If not, why not, when I have been served butternut squash pie and sweet potato pie as side dishes?
TIA!

Chana Miriam S

Wed, Nov 25 2020, 11:55 pm

We make it savoury. Eat with main. Or dessert. Whatever really.

Ihatepotatoes

Wed, Nov 25 2020, 11:57 pm

It's whatever you want it to be. I'm having my mother over for Shabbos and I will be serving sweet potato pie as a side with no qualms whatsoever. (And a helping of arsenic, as per my DH)

realsilver

Wed, Nov 25 2020, 11:58 pm

I would use it as a second side.
Sort of like apple pie

Elfrida

Thu, Nov 26 2020, 12:28 am

I don't like or make sweet side dishes, and normally pass them on if I'm offered them as a guest. If you like it, serve it when you want. Personally I would only use it for dessert.

MiracleMama

Thu, Nov 26 2020, 12:34 am

I've made pumpkin pies to serve as part of dinner, but I make them so much less sweet. A traditional pumpkin pie is so sweet it would be weird as a side dish.

lkwdlady

Thu, Nov 26 2020, 12:37 am

It’s like a sweet kugel. From my limited experience it’s really not that sweet.
Pumpkin is a type of squash so it’s really normal to serve it as a side .
Did you get a free pumpkin pie today?

lucky14

Thu, Nov 26 2020, 12:51 am

I would never think to do that but I guess it's like people serving apple cobbler as a side dish? To me that was always a dessert served with a nice swoop of whip topping on top.

Ellie7

Thu, Nov 26 2020, 1:01 am

I serve it as a side. Nobody's ever complained.

seeker

Thu, Nov 26 2020, 3:31 am

I've only seen it served as a kugel equivalent

Raisin

Thu, Nov 26 2020, 3:35 am

I think serving apple crisp or cherry kugel as a side is weird too. Not a fan of sweet side dishes.

The pumpkin pie ive had has been very sweet.

Reality

Thu, Nov 26 2020, 6:52 am

I guess if you normally serve butternut squash pie and apple crisp as a side dish then it's fine.

For the rest of us it's dessert.

watergirl

Thu, Nov 26 2020, 8:31 am

Maybe it’s cultural? I only serve pumpkin pie as dessert (with lots of whipped cream!!) and I have only ever seen it served as dessert. Think about your local bakery. Its with the rest of the pies, not in the deli counter with the side dishes.

alef12

Thu, Nov 26 2020, 8:38 am

It depends on the pumpkin pie.
Traditional American Thanksgiving pumpkin pie is basically pumpkin flavored custard. It's really a dessert thing.
My pumpkin pie recipe is a side dish. It still has some sweetness too it but it's more of an enhancement to the natural sweetness of the roasted squash (yes, pumpkin is a type of winter squash).

watergirl

Thu, Nov 26 2020, 8:47 am

realsilver wrote:

I would use it as a second side.
Sort of like apple pie

Apple pie is a side??

icebreaker

Thu, Nov 26 2020, 8:48 am

Never heard of it as a side. It’s a dessert to me.

boysrus

Thu, Nov 26 2020, 9:21 am

Thanks so much everyone. Seems like opinion is divided on this Smile

I will use it as a side, and I look forward to seeing the reactions of my shabbos guests lol!

Chayalle

Thu, Nov 26 2020, 9:44 am

I make a delicious coconut pumpkin pie for Succos every year, and always serve it as a side.

tichellady

Thu, Nov 26 2020, 11:03 am

I don’t make sweet kugels but do whatever you want, it’s your house!