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Default Roasting Butternut Squash

On 4/1/2016 11:05 AM, wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 13:02:28 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 4/1/2016 12:20 PM, sf wrote:
>>> On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 08:28:58 -0400, jmcquown >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 3/31/2016 3:14 PM, Roy wrote:
>>>>> On Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 11:56:19 AM UTC-6, Jill McQuown wrote:
>>>>>> On 3/31/2016 1:50 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 14:07:54 +1100, Jeßus > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 30 Mar 2016 22:58:42 -0400, jmcquown >
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> With S&P, olive oil/butter and tarragon.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
http://s10.postimg.org/78zozgort/butternut_tarragon.jpg
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Nice. It would make an excellent soup too (being roasted).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I wonder what happened to the stem end, there's about an inch missing.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I cut the stem off with a butcher knife. I also cut off an extra inch
>>>>>> because the WINTER squash was rather old and the end was fibrous. The
>>>>>> result of roasting the squash was very nice.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jill
>>>>>
>>>>> I enjoy roast squash done in the oven although microwaved isn't too bad and takes less time. Oven roasting really brings out the flavor.
>>>>> ====
>>>>>
>>>> It does indeed taste better when oven roasted. I baste it with butter
>>>> from time to time while it's cooking.
>>>>
>>>> I have, on occasion, microwaved whole *acorn* squash. Cut some gashes
>>>> around the center, stand it on end (cut off the stem) and nuke it. The
>>>> problem with that method is you don't get the lovely carmelization
>>>> effect. And you have to handle the whole hot microwaved squash with an
>>>> oven mitt and cut along the dotted line (so to speak) before you can
>>>> season it. It's so much better split, seasoned and roasted.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>> Is that why this thread is still going?

>>
>> You make it sound as if discussing cooking "still going" is a bad thing.
>>
>>> Why anyone would microwave
>>> their food other than to reheat it is beyond me.

>>
>> It's been done, despite your preferences.
>>
>>> I prefer my squash
>>> cubed, tossed in EVOO & seasonings, and roasted at high heat.

>>
>> I prefer mine cooked in the oven. Pardon moi.
>>
>> Jill

>
> She's spouting off again because lover boy ongatel is accompanying her
> around.
>


I feed off your jealousy, you sharp-elbowed bully bitch.

Tell us again what it was like growing up a rich bitch and going to
equestrian boarding school in Switzerland.

Heckuva a thing to have lived your richest years when you were too young
to appreciate them, eh?