"sf" > wrote in message
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>
> Without reading what the label clearly said what was inside, I grabbed
> a bag of precut vegetables that looked like the butternut squash that
> I usually buy. It turned out to be pumpkin, "sugar" pumpkin to be
> specific. I decided that since I see so many UK recipes that call for
> an unspecified "pumpkin", I would soldier on. News flash: Sugar
> pumpkin turned out to be anything but sweet. OMG, it was truly awful!
>
> It's too bad because all the components would have made a meal to
> remember, had I bought the butternut squash I thought I had.
>
> I tried to save it by changing the seasonings and covered up the awful
> sour pumpkin flavor - but it wasn't very good. What a complete waste
> of time, energy and money! I can't remember the last time I made a
> true "fail" meal, but this definitely was one for the list.
>
> Be warned. It's holiday time, so the easy to use butternut squash you
> think you're buying might be pumpkin.

Cut up sweet potatoes look the same too. Angela once grabbed the butternut
squash thinking it was sweet potatoes.