Origins of the Sweet potato vs Pumpkin pie debate

[Big Mountain Hélà]

If you rather pumpkin

 

[JP_614]

 

[King_Kamala61]

Black people who willingly eat Pumpkin Pie are the ones that snitched on the plantation

 

[Gloxina]

Black people who willingly eat Pumpkin Pie are the ones that snitched on the plantation

Let’s not go too far

 

[Doobie Doo]

buck the system and make butternut squah pie.

 

[King_Kamala61]

Let’s not go too far

This revelation and your allegiance to #fitmen is very telling.....you like making bad decisions

 

[Baka's Weird Case]

I have never met anyone who has eaten both and likes pumpkin pie more

 

[King_Kamala61]

I have never met anyone who has eaten both and likes pumpkin pie more

Jack and Jill negroes like Pumpkin Pie

 

[Unbothered]

The same thing with why butter pecan ice cream, for many decades, especially during the Jim Crow and Civil Rights Eras, was the ice cream of the Black community.

Certain foods in the community that are popular are not just because of their taste, but also their historical background, which makes them cultural staples passed down from generations.

 

[315]

My only experience with pumpkin is a store bought piece at a potluck years ago

 

[BK The Great]

Pumpkin pie is trash. Sweet Potato is way better. I don’t even like regular potatoes as it’s too bland and starchy. I prefer sweet potato mash and fries as well.

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

Pumpkin Pie = anti-slavery, abolitionist, anti-Southern plantation owner

Sweet Potato Pie = pro Black, embracing the culture

Neither option is actually "bad."

As for the taste....Sweet potato pie is better by default, but you can get pumpkin pie REALLLLLL close if you know what you are doing with the spices/flavors and make a good homemade crust. If the pumpkin pie is trash, it's because you can't bake for shyt.

Pumpkin, apple, pecan and sweet potato. Gotta be able to do all four.

 

[Money Be Green]

Both of them shyts nasty af

 

[papa pimp]

i prefer sweet potatoe/yams but the whole "african culinary tradition" thing is false because they eat both on the continent. any starchy or root vegetable really.

 

[Regular Developer]

I can't sit in front of pumpkin pie without thinking of this bit, lol