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.


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Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them.