"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 15:58:18 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> "Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > sf wrote:
>> >>
>> >>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!
>> >
>> > The Julie factor is buying *precut* butternut squash.
>>
>> I did do that once. And I think if I want to make squash again, I would
>> do
>> that. I don't like cutting up squash any more than I do cutting up melon
>> or
>> pineapple. I do like to cook but I need a prep chef and a dishwasher!
>
> I like the precut butternut a lot. Open the package and get to the
> recipe. Have you ever combined sweet potato and butternut? A 50-50
> combination, mashed, works for me.

No and I wouldn't. I hate sweet potatoes and I don't like mashed squash.