Pumpkin pie is to Americans as Christmas pudding and those dumb tissue paper crowns that come out of crackers are to the Brits. It’s not really about the taste so much as it’s something that countless millions are doing on the same day. It’s OK to not eat it as long as you take a bit on a plate and cut it up into…

Nice post for Adequateman. Showing up with a pie like this is a way to signal without words to grandma or your snarky stepfather that you’re a reasonably capable person, that you have an oven and can use it without burning the house down, that you can feed people without giving them heartburn or food poisoning. That…