On Wed, 13 Nov 2019 20:46:08 -0500, songbird >
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> a good buttercup or kabocha squash is enough like
>a sweet potato that i wouldn't call them bland. i
>usually only eat them plain or with some butter. other
>times i like them heated up with chili and cheese on
>top or hot sauce.
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> songbird

I agree about the flavor for the squash you mention. If not allowed
to ripen they will not be very flavorful. I only planted one kabocha
this year, really to keep the weeds down in an unused patch of the
garden. I got 10 or 12 off of it. I kept cutting it back as it kept
attacking my corn and wire caged tomatoes. As it was, when I was
cleaning up the garden I found several squash hidden inside the tomato
plant cages. One or 2 of the newest squash hadn't really matured as
they should and the meat was a little bland and the color wasn't deep
orange.
I would choose winter squash over just about any other vegetable
except I would want tomatoes as a sidekick.
Janet US