Every year during the fall season, a single trend consistently resurfaces in the United States. Of course, I’m talking about none other than the everlasting, and quite frankly, out of hand, pumpkin spice. If you grew up in the United States and have no clue what I’m talking about, you either live under the most massive rock I’ve ever seen, or you live in a cave. It’s nearly impossible to escape the grasp of pumpkin spice no matter where you live in the country.
Something I find quite irksome is that the name “pumpkin spice” isn’t even accurate. Most pumpkin spice mixes usually include some combination of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, allspice and more. Nowhere in the ingredients list can you find anything remotely related to a pumpkin.
Ever since the blatant lie known as pumpkin spice first materialized in the 1930s, the idea of pumpkin spice in food has been commercialized to death. Nowadays, every food product found on supermarket shelves has a limited edition pumpkin spice flavor that you can only buy in the month of October.
Pumpkin spice tastes good in home-baked desserts like pumpkin pie. However, the use of pumpkin spice in foods such as Quaker Oats, Cheerios, Oreos and countless other processed food products that I would like to stay blissfully unaware of has made me thoroughly disillusioned with the otherwise innocent mix of spices.
If it wasn’t clear already, I am, as our generation would say, a hater of the pumpkin spice trend. I am sick and tired of its taste, and I am sure many others are as well. Eventually, all trends must die out, and I think it’s finally time for this one to go.
