kilikini wrote:
> "Sheldon" > wrote in message
> ups.com...
> >
> > kilikini wrote:
> > > Well, I baked it, shredded it, added butter, sauteed onion, garlic,
> oregano
> > > and freshly shredded parm. Ick. Bland. Yuck. Took three bites and
> called
> > > it done. My hubby added about a half a spice shaker full of: Jamaican
> > > Country Style Brand, Choice Grade A, Hot Jamaican Curry Spice Powder,
> and is
> > > eating the heck out of it. Fine, he can eat more than my share.
> > >
> > > He wants do-overs; I'll pass.
> > >
> > > kili - sorry to all folks who gave ideas! I may still try the lasagna
> > > thingy, though.
> >
> > Told ya... I eat it rarely (when someone gives me one for free,
> > sometimes) and only good cold, marinated. Don't feel bad, you're
> > missing nothing... unlike other winter squash spaghetti squash in of
> > itself has no nutritional value whatsoever... like eating slug slime.
> >
>
> And you were right about another thing, too, Sheldon, it's a friggin' PITA
> to cut in half and scrape out the seeds! I just about lost my hand trying
> to cleaver the *******; I had to call my husband in to do it.

I was gonna say more but didn't feel like starting a war... all of
those people who said the best way to begin was to slice a spaghetti
squash in half were lying, none of them ever cooked a spaghetti squash,
probably never ate one either. I've grown them (by accident, don't
know why but squash seed packets can contain most any kind of squash
seeds). To slice *raw* spaghetti squash you practictally need a chain
saw. The way I cook spaghetti squash is to get a sturdy carving fork
and jab it full of holes, then nuke it or roast it in a conventional
oven... you'll know it's fully cooked when the fork slides in easily as
into a tube of K-Y jelly. Once cooked spaghetti squash armor is
rendered WOP-impotent, you can slice through it with a butter knife,
and then the seeds can be scooped out easily as from a ripe cantaloupe.
Again, no one who claimed you should just slice through a raw
spaghetti squash was telling the truth, NONE ever even ate one, let
alone cooked one.... probably never even seen one 'cept for a pic on
the web.

Btw, this past season I planted seeds from a packet said patty pan
squash... lookit what grew:

I never did let these aliens achieve their full potential, they
probably would have gotten huge and taken over the planet:
http://i13.tinypic.com/2nk7zop.jpg

http://i14.tinypic.com/2ljqexh.jpg

Cooked up with garlic, onion, carrot, tomato sauce, and parsley, was
actually very tasty and a nicer texture than the zuke.

http://i13.tinypic.com/2zre5c1.jpg

Went well with these lovely well marbled pork chops (no fercocktah
saline injections either), don't know where people live who claim pork
chops suck:
http://i14.tinypic.com/44t7qqw.jpg

Sheldon