"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> "brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>>> Recipe found on About.com: Southern Recipes
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>>> I've heard of all kinds of ways to cook yellow (crookneck) summer squash
>>> but never this one. It sounds intriguing so I think I'll try it. With
>>> a few variations (noted below).
>>>
>>> Summer Squash Patties
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>>> 2 c. grated yellow squash
>>> 1/4 c. self-rising flour
>>> 1/4 c. self-rising cornmeal
>>> 1 small onion, chopped
>>> 1 egg, beaten
>>> pepper to taste
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>>> Mix all ingredients together. Spoon out into hot greased frying pan.
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>> I think those ingredients in those proportions are more fit to make
>> fritters, I'd deep fry. And I'd lightly saute the onion first or the
>> internal bits will remain raw. Yellow squash hasn't much flavor anyway
>> so I wouldn't add more than maybe two Tbls of onion, and the recipe
>> definitely needs some salt too. I wouldn't waste too many nice yellow
>> squash on this, look for some of those freebie giant zukes folks drop off
>> by your door at midnight. And regardless how cooked that will end up a
>> high fat recipe... why don't you consider using a bit more cornmeal and
>> bake some muffins.
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> Just got done baking cornbread in my handy dandy cast iron (useless
> cookware) skillet I posted the recipe as it was listed, not as I was
> planning to make it. Obviously it will need salt. Don't know about your
> yellow squash but the ones I buy down here are nicely sweet.
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You won't taste one squash from another in that kind of recipe, it's more a
baked product (like applesauce cake) than a vegetable. You'd do better to
slice your squash lenthwise (~1/4"), brush lighty with oil and dust with a
mixture of seasoned cornmeal and flour and fry em, better yet grill em.
That recipe you found will totally waste all those ingredients including
your time and effort, plus it'll soak up fat like crazy and add 5 pounds to
your ass. LOL