I bought a gorgeous winter squash at the farmers market yesterday -- not
sure of the variety -- bright orange shell, the shape *kind of* reminded
me of a curling stone. I want to think it's a Buttercup variation but
won't swear to it.

I managed to whack it in half longitudinally and put it face down on a
pie plate and nuked it -- maybe 13 minutes total time. Scooped the
seeds and fibers after nuking. I whipped it with my hand mixer, adding
a little margarine.

I sweated some minced onion (not much -- less than 1/4 cup) in a
saucepan with a little margarine, then sprinkled on some curry powder
(maybe 1/4 - 1/2 tsp) and cooked that a little. I stirred in some
frozen homemade de-fatted chicken broth and tried to purée the onions
with a stick blender; and then combined that with the whipped squash
(there wasn't a whole lot of squash left by this time - maybe 3/4 cup or
so; I'd been, um, tasting it). I brought it all to a quick boil, shut
it off and stirred in 'some' 2% milk (good thing I didn't have anything
richer in the fridge; I'd have used that), and poured it into a bowl,
ground a little pepper on top and enjoyed it immensely. I'll definitely
do it again, maybe making a thicker potion.
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-Barb (www.jamlady.eboard.com updated 10-10-03; check the PickleHats tab)