Katra wrote:
> 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.

>> 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! ;-)
>
No comment

> 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.
>
Be afraid... be very afraid... Who's that knocking at the door? FBI?!

> 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?
>
Unfortunately, yes, the tarragon wilted before I could use it as a garnish.
Not the best pic in the world; I'll replace it one day with a better one