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Default How do you peel an acorn squash?

On Mon, 22 Sep 2014 04:02:58 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

> I just looked up how to peel a butternut squash and realized immediately
> that this wasn't what I got in my CSA package. It was actually an acorn
> squash which from what I have read online can be cooked the same as an
> acorn. And that's a good thing as I am using Ina Garten's recipe for
> butternut. But it calls for the squash to be peeled and cut in cubes.
>
> I was able to peel the smooth part quite easily, but the part that has goes
> in and out with crevices and bumps was a bit of a nightmare. I did look
> this up online and there were a variety of answers, some of which were just
> not to peel it or just not to buy it to begin with. So... How do you peel
> yours?


You don't. Cut it in half, remove the seeds and bake.


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