Pumpkin Eater

With a drink named like this, you knew I had to try it.  Nothing would be more "seasonal" than a pumpkin flavored cocktail.  I am sure to hate it like every other "Karen" drink that is being marketed today.  But...

1st warning.  It is a recipe from as far as I can tell the late 70's.  Well before the nauseating trend that has infected the nob hill population of soccer moms nation wide.

2nd warning.  Ingredients.  Rum, orange liqueur, orange juice, cream, ice.   No spice?  No actual pumpkin?  well if the flaming Dr. Pepper and the lynchburg lemonade has taught me anything, is that optimal and unexpected flavors come from the most unique of ingredients.  Who knows rum:orange:orange will give me something different with the cream than a rum driver.

3rd warning.  it was the last of my triple sec.  Never a good sign




So that is what I ended up with.  Even pulled out the parfait glass as recommended because who doesn't drink pumpkin eaters from overgrown dribble glasses.

Taste.  The little dude says it all.  There is nothing pumpkin about this. Even the color is a poor representation.   Pumpkin eaters must like creamy rum drivers.  Made another one with spiced rum, hoping for a typo.  Nope more of a tropical zombie, than anything else.  I have absolutely no idea of why this was named as it is, much less why anybody would drink this in sufficient numbers to get it published.

I now have 1 more parfait glass of this rummy orange foam to drink.  Is there any way to save....

Wait a minute...

there it is.  In the way back of the liqueur cabinet.

the gag gift from my sister many untold Christmases ago.

Only 1 taste test shot taken out of the bottle.

I am stunned I haven't dumped it... no way was I going to open it again.

But...

Maybe...

Is there one singular use for



Well.  1 shot worth, lets not go crazy.

It improved the color

Smell... a combination of Starbucks, Target, and crossover air freshener




Taste... oh lord.  You really can pumpkin spice anything.  I can feel it taking over my body.  I haven't actually lost any of my experiments through oral ejection, but my stomach is competing with my brain between spewing the vile substance and ingesting more of the October nectar from hell.    Pumpkin spice intoxication and overdose warning.  There is going to be physical consequences soon, I just know it

oh no i have the uncontrollable urge to take a selfie, before I run to Starbucks

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I believe this is the last time I experiment with chemicals not meant for the likes of humans.  If I cannot handle the mutagenic properties, this is not meant for world consumption

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