U.S Janet B wrote:
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> I agree about the flavor for the squash you mention. If not allowed
> to ripen they will not be very flavorful.

more like a summer squash when young. edible but not
really worth the calories or cooking IMO when i have other
options instead.

also, if you are eating acorn squash from the store they
are usually really bland these days. in comparison to a
home grown one that was properly fed from the soil and
ripened those are really good. i'm not sure many people
these days even know what an acorn squash used to normally
be like.


> I only planted one kabocha
> this year, really to keep the weeds down in an unused patch of the
> garden. I got 10 or 12 off of it. I kept cutting it back as it kept
> attacking my corn and wire caged tomatoes. As it was, when I was
> cleaning up the garden I found several squash hidden inside the tomato
> plant cages. One or 2 of the newest squash hadn't really matured as
> they should and the meat was a little bland and the color wasn't deep
> orange.
> I would choose winter squash over just about any other vegetable
> except I would want tomatoes as a sidekick.



i like about any vegetable, but yes, squash are high up on
our list of favorites. we're going to miss them this year.
in the recent past we've always had enough in the freezer to
get us through.


songbird