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Default How do you peel an acorn squash?


"Doris Night" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 22 Sep 2014 19:22:48 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>"Doris Night" > wrote in message
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>>> On Mon, 22 Sep 2014 05:53:06 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
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>>>>"Doris Night" > wrote in message
>>>>news >>>>> 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

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>>I'll quote it!
>>
>>">>>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."

>
> You still haven't given the recipe. Ina Garten has many squash
> recipes. I'm not sure which one you mean. Perhaps it's the butternut
> squash risotto. That would need to be peeled and cut in cubes for
> sure.
>


Aargh. The caramelized one. No risotto. Just squash.