Can't say soup over pie sounds good to me, I don't even like plastic fake whip cream on punkin pie.
Wish I woulda recorded Phil at museum pigout. He was tellin bout punkin detail in boys prison where he grew up. Dey got couple truck loads punkins farmers donated & went production in old kitchen wid steam cookers. Little guys scrubbin punkins in cattle water tubs, bigger kids smashin & guttin. Steam mushes punkin fast skim extra water off, big Hobart mixer does final mush, strain and jar up den store jars fer later use. House ladies sippin tea supervising. Big pans of sliced taters & sausage in ovens for reward meal for workers.
Pie makin rolls around houseladies all agree much easier to use big kitchen. Got no recipe for makin enough custard for hundred pies so tea conference. Kid breaks 3 eggs into measuring cup and does some math before conference over and custard is gettin made. Ladies decided to have tea party & let boys from bakery make pies. Ladies only taste tested each batch comin from mixer. Best part was some pies evaporated in walk in cooler somehow.