All his other wives came back, to share the Co-Op ham tea

[venta]

I've just put a butternut squash into the oven to roast, so I can make... well, actually, I haven't decided yet what I'm going to make out of it. However, as I peeled its sticky label off I noticed that it was "the co-operative butternut squash".

Has anyone ever bought an uncooperative butternut squash ? Was it tricky getting it into the oven ?

Comments

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

When you've roasted (assuming it's in wedges), you can just scoop the flesh out like a melon -- no need to peel really.

[ajntornj.livejournal.com]

Umm. Why are you all peeling your squashes? We eat ours roasted with the skin on. It softens up nicely after 40mins in the oven.. And besides, everyone knows that all the goodness is (just) under the skin of vegetables... ;)

[venta.livejournal.com]

When scooping this evening (as suggested above) I did notice that the skin had gone soft. So... it's edible? It's so vinyl-like when uncooked that I'd just assumed it was one of those things (like bananas) where it's best avoided.

[ajntornj.livejournal.com]

well, it hasn't killed me yet....

And tastes rather nice, in a horribly healthy non-meaty way.