# Pumpkin spice SPAM? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 21, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-spice-spam/838999 "2019-08-21T14:15:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tricoteuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tricoteuse/32/4334_2.png) [@tricoteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tricoteuse)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-spice-spam/838999/1 "2019-08-21T14:15:53Z")
The canned meat, not junk e-mails. I saw on The Today Show that Dunkin Donuts is starting to sell their pumpkin spice stuff today, and Starbuck’s is bringing theirs out next week. Some people are mad about them rushing the season but I say whatever, getting mad about a coffee flavor is about the biggest first world problem ever. But then they said that Hormel will be making a limited edition pumpkin spice Spam. As in the canned meat. I was grossed out at first, but then I thought about cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg are the kind of things you often put on a ham when you cook it. As long as there’s no actual pumpkin or pumpkin flavor in it it doesn’t sound that bad. Then I realized that if I can find it, I’ll definitely try it, but I’ll be ashamed of myself! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-spice-spam/838999/2 "2019-08-21T15:43:45Z")
I’ll probably try it to just for the sheer oddness. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-spice-spam/838999/3 "2019-08-21T15:45:35Z")
Well, that’s it. We’ve reached peak humanity. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-spice-spam/838999/4 "2019-08-21T15:49:36Z")
Should pair well with a Pumpkin Spice Margarita :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-spice-spam/838999/5 "2019-08-21T16:51:34Z")
I had Pumpkin Spice Cheerios last year. Not great. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-spice-spam/838999/6 "2019-08-21T17:05:22Z")
I did a Google image search to see with my own eyes that this is a real thing, and the second additional search term it suggests is **heathens satisfied**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-spice-spam/838999/7 "2019-08-21T19:46:42Z")
It will probably taste more like potted meat food product or Vienna sausages. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-spice-spam/838999/8 "2019-08-21T22:41:29Z")
Are there others aside from me who have never knowingly consumed _any_ pumpkin spice products? Partly that’s because I don’t drink coffee and partly because I don’t go to Starbucks. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-spice-spam/838999/9 "2019-08-21T22:52:55Z")
> [@tricoteuse](#): > > Some people are mad about them rushing the season but I say whatever, getting mad about a coffee flavor is about the biggest first world Mad about them ‘rushing the season’? Why the fuck does anyone need something that is usually associated with Christmas, in August? I hope that I am dead before Christmas season starts in February. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-spice-spam/838999/10 "2019-08-21T23:01:38Z")
I’ve a hunch that they’re counting on people buying it for the sake of irony, more than to actually consume it. And I will say that Starbuck’s pumpkin spice is actually pretty good in hot cocoa. I’d drink it year-round, if they had it. Well, when I’m getting something at Starbucks, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-spice-spam/838999/11 "2019-08-21T23:01:44Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Mad about them ‘rushing the season’? Why the fuck does anyone need something that is usually associated with **Christmas** , in August? I hope that I am dead before Christmas season starts in February. Halloween. Still too early, but not quite as bad. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-spice-spam/838999/12 "2019-08-21T23:05:38Z")
I thought it was Thanksgiving? “Pumpkin spice” is called that because it’s the spice used in pumpkin pie, and pumpkin pie is associated with Thanksgiving. But whatever, it still tastes good. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-spice-spam/838999/13 "2019-08-21T23:33:42Z")
Possibly. Googling \*\*pumpkin spice halloween \*\*gives me 14.5M results. Googling \*\*pumpkin spice thanksgiving \*\*gives 26M results. So probably both, but more often Thanksgiving. We don’t celebrate Thanksgiving (as such) over here so I didn’t think of it. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-spice-spam/838999/14 "2019-08-22T00:26:26Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Are there others aside from me who have never knowingly consumed _any_ pumpkin spice products? Partly that’s because I don’t drink coffee and partly because I don’t go to Starbucks. I don’t drink coffee or go to Starbucks, but I have consumed many pumpkin spice products, including multiple breakfast cereals, several yogurt varieties, bagels, cream cheese and I’m sure a bunch of other stuff I’m forgetting. It’s definitely not just a beverage phenomenon. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-spice-spam/838999/15 "2019-08-22T00:59:27Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Are there others aside from me who have never knowingly consumed _any_ pumpkin spice products? Partly that’s because I don’t drink coffee and partly because I don’t go to Starbucks. Not never, but I do avoid it. The Cheerios I mentioned were on clearance(like $1.25 for a big box). I did try the McDonald’s coffee I like with the Pumpkin Spice years ago since I heard about it, but it was really bad. Like, I hated it. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-spice-spam/838999/16 "2019-08-22T09:49:22Z")
> [@tricoteuse](#): > > The canned meat, not junk e-mails. > > I saw on The Today Show that Dunkin Donuts is starting to sell their pumpkin spice stuff today, and Starbuck’s is bringing theirs out next week. Some people are mad about them rushing the season but I say whatever, getting mad about a coffee flavor is about the biggest first world problem ever. > > But then they said that Hormel will be making a limited edition pumpkin spice Spam. As in the canned meat. I was grossed out at first, but then I thought about cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg are the kind of things you often put on a ham when you cook it. As long as there’s no actual pumpkin or pumpkin flavor in it it doesn’t sound that bad. > > Then I realized that if I can find it, I’ll definitely try it, but I’ll be ashamed of myself! 😃 Chinese five-spice: cinnamon, cloves, fennel, star anise, and Szechwan pepper. One of the fundamental flavours of Chinese cooking, usually mixed with a meaty flavour (msg) Pumpkin Spice has nutmeg, which I think is a bit unusual, but offhand I think pumpkin spice spam is gunna be kinda like the stuff my in-laws eat anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-spice-spam/838999/17 "2019-08-22T12:02:16Z")
I doubt I’ll try it, but I won’t be making the “Why can’t they leave good enough alone?” argument.