pumpkin pie spice
{{Short description|Spice mix used to flavor pumpkin pie}}
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Pumpkin pie spice, also known as pumpkin spice, is an American spice mix, originally developed for flavoring the filling of a pumpkin pie. It does not include pumpkin as an ingredient.
Pumpkin pie spice is similar to the British and Commonwealth mixed spice, and the medieval poudre-douce.{{cite web|url=https://www.medievalists.net/2021/10/medieval-origins-pumpkin-spice/|title=The Medieval Origins of Pumpkin Spice|date=October 2021|access-date=16 May 2024|website=Medievalists|first=Ken|last=Mondschein}} It is generally a blend of ground cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, and sometimes allspice.{{cite news |last1=Cadwalader |first1=Zac |title=Pumpkin Spice Is Now Dictionary Official |url=https://sprudge.com/pumpkin-spice-is-now-dictionary-official-192128.html |access-date=14 September 2022 |work=Sprudge.com |date=14 September 2022}} It can also be used as a seasoning in general cooking.
{{As of|2016}}, pumpkin spice consumables produce $500 million in annual sales.{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/how-pumpkin-spice-took-over-fall-2016-10|title=A brief history of how pumpkin spice took over our lives|website=businessinsider.com|access-date=21 April 2018|archive-date=21 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021125935/http://www.businessinsider.com/how-pumpkin-spice-took-over-fall-2016-10|url-status=live}}
History
Flavour combinations similar to pumpkin spice were known in the medieval period - the 1390s book Le Ménagier de Paris contains a spice mix of 17 parts ginger, 4 parts each cinnamon and sugar, and 2 parts each cloves and grains of paradise. Similar spice mixes were often called 'poudre-douce' or 'sweet powder'.
A "Pompkin" recipe calling for a similar spice mix (mace, nutmeg, and ginger) can be found in the first known published American cookbook, American Cookery, published in 1796 by Amelia Simmons:{{cite web|url=https://www.fulltextarchive.com/page/American-Cookery/|title=American Cookery by Amelia Simmons - Full Text Free Book|website=www.fulltextarchive.com|access-date=21 June 2019|archive-date=21 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621170027/https://www.fulltextarchive.com/page/American-Cookery/|url-status=live}}
Pompkin
No. 1. One quart stewed and strained, 3 pints cream, 9 beaten eggs, sugar, mace, nutmeg and ginger, laid into paste No. 7 or 3, and with a dough spur, cross and chequer it, and baked in dishes three quarters of an hour.
No. 2. One quart of milk, 1 pint pompkin, 4 eggs, molasses, allspice and ginger in a crust, bake 1 hour.
Pumpkin pie spice has been mentioned in cookbooks dating to the 1890s.Farmer, Fannie Meritt. 1896. The Original Boston Cooking-School Cookbook, Facsimile Edition of 1986, Weathervane Books, NY,NYSmiley's cookbook and universal household guide. Smiley Publishing Co. ChicagoCoppin, C.A. 1910. Mamma's Hints to Housekeepers. Advanced Stove Works, Keller-Crescent, Evansville,IN.{{failed verification|date=October 2023|reason=Fannie Farmer's cookbook never mentions pumpkin pie spice, it just includes a pumpkin pie recipe that contains both ginger and cinnamon. Smiley's never calls for a spice blend at all, as its pumpkin pie recipes just call for ginger or cinnamon. There is little evidence that the Coppin source exists outside of copyright listings.}} Blended pumpkin pie spice was introduced commercially by McCormick & Company in 1934.McKormick & Company, "Pumpkin Pie Spice: An Iconic McCormick Product (And How We’re Working to Meet the Holiday Demand)", [https://www.mccormickcorporation.com/en/news-center/blog/articles/2020/11/19/17/53/pumpkin-pie-spice-an-iconic-mccormick-product November 19, 2020] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021185303/https://www.mccormickcorporation.com/en/news-center/blog/articles/2020/11/19/17/53/pumpkin-pie-spice-an-iconic-mccormick-product |date=October 21, 2021 }}
See also
{{commons|Pumpkin spice}}
References
{{Reflist|refs=Boston Spice}}
{{Herbs and spices}}
Category:Herb and spice mixtures
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