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Default Butternut Squash Question

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"jmcquown" > wrote:

> Dave Bugg wrote:
> > jmcquown wrote:
> >> Dave Bugg wrote:
> >>> Approximately how long does it take (in a 350F oven) for a butternut
> >>> squash (cut in half length-wise), to finish cooking? I thank-you in
> >>> advance for advice.
> >>
> >> About an hour at 350F. Poke it with a fork. If the meatiest part is
> >> tender, it's done.

> >
> > Thanks, Jill.

>
> You're welcome I cook a lot of butternut squash. It's very tasty! It's
> good scooped out of the shell and mashed with just butter, salt & pepper.
> Some folks like to turn it into a sweet thing and add brown sugar and
> pumpkin pie-like seasonings. However you like it, an hour if it's split in
> half should do the trick unless the squash is really large. Oh, and scoop
> the seeds and pulp out of the squash before roasting it.


I turn it into a thick, substantial soup with eastern spices and peanut
butter. Soooo good.

Butternut is one of my favourite vegetables.

Miche

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