the garage door was left open by accident
the other evening so our stored squash out
there was frozen through.

i wasn't sure if it would affect it much
at all, but wanted to bake some up anyways.

baked up about ten of them and some were
already partially rotting. one i knew about
because when someone was going through the
bin to get some out the stem came right off
and it was soft around the stem. i set that
one aside because i knew i had to deal with
it right away.

it was not the best smelling when i cut it
open, but after cutting away the rotting
parts and scraping the seeds and pulp it was
not too bad. after baking it the taste was
close to normal, just a slight off taste. i
ate part of it, but then after seeing how
much i had remaining i decided that the rest
of that squash could be worm food for today.

so today i get to take all these innards
and cooked squash skins and feed them to
the worms. too bad many of the seeds were
not in the best of condition/smell or i would
have separated them for roasting.

i love roasted punkin seeds.

i bagged up portions for giving away to
some people and we have enough cooked squash
for us to eat for a week or two. the bags
went into the freezer (good thing i made
some space the past few weeks). most of
those will be given away soon. i will
cook up the rest of the squash in a week or
two. i hope it will be ok having been
frozen, but i dunno. i'm keeping it in the
bin near the front door for now. so it
won't freeze again.

the cooked squash, however, was really
yummy. ageing it does make a lot of
difference. doesn't need any sugar or
butter added to it.


songbird