While I was selecting an apple pie, a Japanese woman came over, pointed to a pumpkin pie, and asked, in stilted English, "Not pumpkin?" "No," I replied. "Why not?" I explained that I don't really care for pumpkin pie. She thought for a moment, then said, "Why?" I don't know, I just never have. I like pumpkin soup and used to love pumpkin ice cream. I found the encounter quite amusing.