"Oregonian Haruspex" > wrote in message
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> On 2014-09-22 11:02:58 +0000, Julie Bove said:
>
>> I am using Ina Garten's recipe for butternut. But it calls for the
>> squash to be peeled and cut in cubes.
>
> That's silly. I would say that it's time to override Ina and do your
> squash like a normal person, which means roasting it and then scooping out
> the flesh.
>
> Another option is to use a melon baller or something to get at the flesh
> that way, but I still think you're making a lot of unnecessary trouble for
> yourself. It's also quite possible that Ina is laughing at the suckers
> who are trying to cube an acorn squash.

You didn't read that all the way through. I screwed up and the squash that
I used wasn't butternut. Seems that husband will only eat peeled squash and
although I don't think that squash is really bad, I also don't care for it
too much so I won't be going out of my way to make it.