Sheldon wrote:
> kilikini wrote:
>> "Sheldon" > wrote in message
>> ups.com...
>>>
>>> kilikini wrote:
> 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

Nice pix, Sheldon. I think you discovered a new alien species in that
squash, though. :~) Nice score on the chops, too.

kili
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