In article >,
"jmcquown" > wrote:

> Katra wrote:
> > In article >,
> > "jmcquown" > wrote:
> >
> >> Rick Rider wrote:
> >>> More than once I have attempted to recreate a dish with disastrous
> >>> results. My palette seems to be less trained than hers.
> >>
> >> For example, I tasted a wonderful pureed squash soup back in 2000 so
> >> I asked the server about it. She went back to the kitchen and told
> >> me it was
> >> butternut squash with tarragon. Ah yes! Tarragon makes this soup!
> >>
> >> When I got back home I created this:
> >>
> >> Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
> >>
> >> Jill
> >
> > Sounds lovely... :-)
> >
> > Personally tho', I've gotten tired of trying to scrape hot squash out
> > of
> > a thin, cooked and fragile squash shell.
> > I now pre-peel my butternut squash raw after cutting it in half and
> > removing the seeds. I then cut the peeled squash into chunks and nuke
> > it
> > in a covered corningware with a little bit of water for steaming.
> > Times
> > vary with the size and amount of squash being nuked, but I just cook
> > it
> > until I can mash it, then go from there. No peel to mess with.
> >
> Go for it! I think it was Damsel who didn't have a knife big enough to cut
> through the squash and while I don't think she peeled it, she boiled it
> first to make this soup. Personally I think peeling a butternut is too much
> trouble but that's just me.

<grins> Well, you have to get rid of that peel at some point in the
recipe... I just have a tendency to put my spoon thru the thin, hot
peel and end up with bitty pieces of peel I then have to remove by hand.
Guess I'm just a klutz! ;-)

Cutting it is no problem if you quarter it, but I have a BIG chef's
knife with an 11 1/2 inch blade. I've NO idea where that thing came
from! It just appeared in my truck one day when I was cleaning out from
behind the seat.

Now I need to find a solution for the same problem with Spagetti
squash..... if I can ever find them again! :-( I'd love to just grow
some, but I have a terrible time with squash borer moths here. I don't
think those can be pre-peeled.

>
> > I'm really going to have to try squash soup! My father loves sippable
> > soup with no chunks in it and I do have a butternut squash on hand.
> >
> > Thanks for posting this!
> >
> You're welcome! It's a very tasty soup! Here's a pic:
>
> http://community.webshots.com/photo/...52742322GWyiBm

Ooh yum! So you garnished with a sprig of fresh wilted Tarragon?

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