I tried this as written and my family thought it was "okay". This is definitely something dessert-ish, though. Nothing that I would serve WITH dinner. On a second thought, I tried it again, but with my own twist: First I 86'd the canned pumpkin and opted (since it is Halloween) for a fresh, medium, pie pumpkin. I sliced it in half, scooped out the seeds (of course reserving them for toasting later), put the 2 halves on a cookie sheet with just enough water to cover the bottom and baked them in the oven @ 350 for about 45 minutes (as if making squash...yanno, because it IS a squash). Then, once it was fully cooked and cooled, I quickly peeled it and threw it in a bowl for the next step. Second: I got rid of the evaporated milk. I could distinctly taste it in the first dish and well, it tasted like tin. Instead I used 1/2 heavy cream and 1/2 skim milk. I also used 1/2 c. sugar, omitted the salt, 1/2 the butter, and more cinnamon. DELISH! It was so light and airy and was like a mousse! It was devine! Still not savory, not too sweet but just right. If you've never had fresh pumpkin before, this is a great recipe to try it in. You'll never go back to the canned stuff!

Reviewed On: Oct. 31, 2010

This is a really great recipe....for funnel cake. I tried it twice and everyone agreed that it wasn't bad, but it wasn't churro either. I think I'll keep looking.

Reviewed On: Oct. 18, 2010

This is a really good recipe as-is. For me though, I prefer to use it as a base to do my "throw-it-in-and-see-what-we-get" thing. For my family, I skip the jar of taco sauce, add 1 1/4 (or so) cup of chunky salsa and 1 pkg of taco seasoning. I also skip the cans of refried beans and packaged tortillas and use my own homemade variety. Because I make my tortillas a little thicker, I haven't had a problem with soggy tortillas or mush-mush. Then, for garnish after it's done cooking, thrown on some sliced green onions and put out fresh lettuce, tomato and extra black olives as sides for my family to add to their plates. We have this meal at least 3x's a month. It's really quite good.

Reviewed On: Oct. 17, 2010