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Default How do you peel an acorn squash?

On Mon, 22 Sep 2014 05:53:06 -0700, "Julie Bove"
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>"Doris Night" > wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 22 Sep 2014 04:02:58 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
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>>>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?

>>
>> I've never peeled an acorn squash. I just cut it in half, scoop out
>> the seeds, and roast it.
>>
>> What recipe are you using that it has to be cut up before cooking?

>
>See above. It's all there.


I do not see Ina Garten's recipe for butternut squash anywhere in your
original post, or anywhere else in this thread.

Doris