Why Pumpkin Pie? How Certain Dishes Became “Fall Foods”

Delicious Pumpkin Pie

Every season has its popular food and drinks. There’s hot chocolate during winter, fresh spring veggies during the spring, barbeque for summer, and of course, pumpkin pie in fall.

You will know a new season is here with the abundance of these seasonal food items in our retirement community. This fall, for example, is all about anything that is pumpkin flavored. Our residents in Oakville, ON thoroughly enjoy pumpkin pies and other pumpkin-spiced treats.

Oakville Retirement Home Fall Foods

Here at our Oakville retirement residence, we enjoy a lot of fall food items. We serve a lot of apples, squash, carrots, sweet potato, and many other delicious foods. But have you ever wondered how some fall foods became a staple?

It has a lot to do with the rich supply of those ingredients. Around fall is when those popular food items are harvested. As such, we get to enjoy them when they are most fresh. For example, the pumpkin harvest season is generally between the end of August to the end of October. This means there is a good supply of pumpkins available.

This is also why pumpkin pie became a dessert staple during the fall season. With the abundant supply of pumpkins, people had to think of creative ways to use them. Aside from boiling and roasting, different versions of pumpkin pie were made before it became what we know and love today.

Fun fact: did you know that pumpkin pie didn’t start as an actual pie? In the 1600’s they baked pumpkins with milk, honey, and spices inside a hollowed-out pumpkin shell. It wasn’t until around the 1650s when pumpkin pie with pastry became more popular.

Fall Menu Ideas

Eating food that is in season is always the best. Here at Livita Queens Avenue, we make it a point to use fresh ingredients when creating meals for our retirement community. Fresh ingredients are always tastier and more nutritious when consumed during the season.

Aside from pumpkin pie, here are other menu items we love at our Oakville retirement home:

  1. Caramel and apple cider
  2. Cranberry sauce
  3. Shepherd’s pie
  4. Pumpkin bread
  5. Roasted squash soup
  6. Grilled eggplants

Delicious Meals Each Season at Our Oakville Retirement Residence

Part of our Live Balanced, Live Better philosophy is making sure our residents get nutritious, well-balanced meals every day. Enjoy home-style cooking made with fresh, local ingredients, including herbs from our garden!

Livita Queens Avenue offers superb dining services for all our active seniors. If you are looking for high-quality assisted living communities, contact us today! Our team in Oakville, ON is more than happy to answer your questions about our community.

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