On 2014-10-23 22:35:36 +0000, Julie Bove said:

> "Oregonian Haruspex" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 2014-09-22 11:02:58 +0000, Julie Bove said:
>>
>>> I am using Ina Garten's recipe for butternut. But it calls for the
>>> squash to be peeled and cut in cubes.
>>
>> That's silly. I would say that it's time to override Ina and do your
>> squash like a normal person, which means roasting it and then scooping
>> out the flesh.
>>
>> Another option is to use a melon baller or something to get at the
>> flesh that way, but I still think you're making a lot of unnecessary
>> trouble for yourself. It's also quite possible that Ina is laughing at
>> the suckers who are trying to cube an acorn squash.
>
> You didn't read that all the way through. I screwed up and the squash
> that I used wasn't butternut. Seems that husband will only eat peeled
> squash and although I don't think that squash is really bad, I also
> don't care for it too much so I won't be going out of my way to make it.

Everybody should only eat peeled squash. Squash skin isn't digestable
except when it is very, very soft such as on a zucchini. Otherwise it
will just pass as chewed up greenish stuff without being digested.