"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" wrote:
>>"Brooklyn1" wrote:
>>> 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!
>
> Ahahaha... then you hate to cook. Prep is the least stressful part of
> cooking... prep is the most relaxing part of cooking. If you don't do
> prep then you do take-out... no other option, none. Buying precut
> veggies is take-out. Buying precut veggies is exactly/precisely the
> same as buying preground mystery meat... anyone who does either is no
> kind of cook. I'm positive you've never cooked anything... but
> neither have 95% of rfc'ers.

Most of what I buy is not precut. I do buy precut melon and pineapple when
I can get it for just as cheap or cheaper than whole. I did buy the squash
once but none of us are big squash lovers. I have bought bagged salad. Now
that I have the CSA I can get greens in a reasonable amount. And I don't
really care if you think I have cooked or not.