What the heck do I do with this monstrous squash? I love butternut, acorn and zucchini but I have never cooked one of these. Any tried and true recipes, DH brought home 3 of them.
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***Tanya***
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What I do now with these kinds of squashes is I split them take out the seeds coat a baking sheet with pam and bake at 350 - 400 flesh side down until skin is easily pierced - take it out of the oven - scoop out the squash and mash it up with a little butter - you can add other things that recipes call for - maple - nuts etc, this bets trying to cut and peel those buggers!
Ann
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I have not heard of this kind of squah. Do you have a picture?
Bibi
Cherry Bark
1grandma wrote:I have not heard of this kind of squah. Do you have a picture?
Ditto!
Brandy 
Cherry Garcia
This is what it looks like, I read that its almost too big to cut in half so put it in a bag and throw it on the ground to split it. Scoop out the seeds and bake. I want some recipes to try this out on. I love butternut so I think I will try cooking it like I do a butternut squash.
***Tanya***
Cherry Cola
I have never tried to cook one...it's definetly not one of the prettiest squashes is it lol
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Cherry Garcia
I have 3 of them on my counter, they look like some sort of alien rock or something..lol quite ugly.
***Tanya***
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They are yummy.
We had a hatchet that we used to use to cut it open. Scoop out the seeds and put it on a cooking sheet (skin side down after you've rinsed it off) too cook. Scrape off the skin and finish cooking in the microwave with salt, pepper, a bit of butter and MAPLE SYRUP (or brown sugar) I like to toss in some walnuts too.
We had a hatchet that we used to use to cut it open. Scoop out the seeds and put it on a cooking sheet (skin side down after you've rinsed it off) too cook. Scrape off the skin and finish cooking in the microwave with salt, pepper, a bit of butter and MAPLE SYRUP (or brown sugar) I like to toss in some walnuts too.
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gonecamping wrote:
This is what it looks like, I read that its almost too big to cut in half so put it in a bag and throw it on the ground to split it. Scoop out the seeds and bake. I want some recipes to try this out on. I love butternut so I think I will try cooking it like I do a butternut squash.
Wow! That thing is HUGE! Never seen one before!
Brandy
Cherry Garcia
It may be ugly, it may be huge but it was yummy! I took it outside in a plastic bag, threw it on the ground and it split perfectly down the middle. I baked it for 20 minutes, took one half out and peeled it. The other half stayed in the oven with butter and brown sugar. The half I peeled, I cubed it, threw it in a saute pan with browned butter. I let it cook until it was tender and browned, added a little chicken stock and some brown sugar and let it carmelize. OMG! It was heavenly. The half in the oven tasted a bit like acorn squash. Between the 3 of us and DH taking leftovers for lunch, its gone! THe next one I am going try making a soup out of it.
***Tanya***
Cherry Bark
gonecamping wrote:It may be ugly, it may be huge but it was yummy! I took it outside in a plastic bag, threw it on the ground and it split perfectly down the middle. I baked it for 20 minutes, took one half out and peeled it. The other half stayed in the oven with butter and brown sugar. The half I peeled, I cubed it, threw it in a saute pan with browned butter. I let it cook until it was tender and browned, added a little chicken stock and some brown sugar and let it carmelize. OMG! It was heavenly. The half in the oven tasted a bit like acorn squash. Between the 3 of us and DH taking leftovers for lunch, its gone! THe next one I am going try making a soup out of it.
Yum!! I might have to look for that the nex time I go the grocery store.
Brandy
Cherry Addict
Where would we find one of these ugly squashes?
Bibi
Wild Cherry
Well there you go...beauty is more than skin deep or you can't judge a squash by it's cover!
Debbie
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debamas wrote:Well there you go...beauty is more than skin deep or you can't judge a squash by it's cover!
Haha! Love it!
Brandy
Cherry Jubilee
Sounds so good!! Mmmm...now I want squash!gonecamping wrote:It may be ugly, it may be huge but it was yummy! I took it outside in a plastic bag, threw it on the ground and it split perfectly down the middle. I baked it for 20 minutes, took one half out and peeled it. The other half stayed in the oven with butter and brown sugar. The half I peeled, I cubed it, threw it in a saute pan with browned butter. I let it cook until it was tender and browned, added a little chicken stock and some brown sugar and let it carmelize. OMG! It was heavenly. The half in the oven tasted a bit like acorn squash. Between the 3 of us and DH taking leftovers for lunch, its gone! THe next one I am going try making a soup out of it.
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sounds delicious. i need me some squash now.. 
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