A fact from Mashed pumpkin appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 October 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that "pumpkin sauce," or mashed pumpkin(pictured), was served at inns in New England as early as 1704?
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The citation does not list which chefs make the recommendation. It would be unfair to {{who}} tag the sentence when the cite itself does not say - Tim1965 (talk) 16:31, 16 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]