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Rob went back for seconds on a veggie he has said he hated all his life! Yellow squash.
I often wondered how someone could hate yellow squash until I tasted first hand the way it was prepared at his mothers (who is an absolutely wonderful women whom I like very very much but should never lay hands on a squash again). I made it tonight in the manner of most southern ladies and he liked it enough for seconds!
I am so pleased with myself!
My squash:
Saute up some onion with some bacon (I eyeball everything so I'll say about a 1/4 cup of each diced to a ratio of 6 squash) add some minced garlic and cook until bacon is about halfway done and onions are soft. Add some (a heavy pinch) herbs, crushed (I like savory) and salt and pepper and Tony's to taste. Toss in the squash, sliced with the larger pieces sliced in half. Deglaze the pan with enough chicken broth to cover the bottom. When that comes to a boil put the lid on and simmer for roughly a half an hour or until desired mushiness.
Squash puts off alot of water so about 10 minutes before you think it's done I'd take of the lid to let some of the water vapor escape.
How do you do yours?
Professur
3/07/06, 06:16pm
Last time I checked, the only squash I encounter is played on a court.
Ring a bell?
http://www.inmygarden.org/archives/yellow-squash-300x287.jpg
Professur
3/07/06, 06:20pm
No, but this does
Edit. I guess they block linking.
That sounds really good tonks, I love squash casserole.
I eat yellow and green squash all the time when I make stir fry veggies :licklips:
I like squash casserole too.
Obviously, that's what you made isn't it?
No. Squash casserole is a baked dish.
Oh, sorry, still trying to shake off the cobbwebs from work.
Casserole is preferred, but I'll take it steamed and seasoned.
I never could get the bastard to try it to test. He just shut me down every time I offered.
Professur
3/07/06, 07:15pm
Casserole is preferred, but I'll take it steamed and seasoned.
I never could get the bastard to try it to test. He just shut me down every time I offered.
Did you try sleeping with him?
Professur
3/07/06, 07:19pm
Well there you go then.
unclehobart
3/07/06, 07:25pm
Cassie-roll and steamed wouldn't do it for me. I liked the panned version with bacon... it made it not taste like tires.
Did you try sleeping with him?
So you're saying that rather than the way to a man's heart being through his stomach the way to get him to put weird things in his stomach is to secure a place in his heart?
unclehobart
3/07/06, 07:41pm
So you're saying that rather than the way to a man's heart being through his stomach the way to get him to put weird things in his stomach is to secure a place in his heart?
That sounds almost 'Brokeback Mountain-ish'.
So you're saying that rather than the way to a man's heart being through his stomach the way to get him to put weird things in his stomach is to secure a place in his heart?
Or a place in his bed :shrug:
I didn't make him try it. I cooked it for me and the girls and made cabbage for him. He really likes when I make green beans with bacon, onion, and garlic...so I guess the smell did him in.
That sounds almost 'Brokeback Mountain-ish'.
Never seen it
I only use squash when I make.. uh.. Biffsnadder. Yeah. *scrathes head* I fry up strips of beef, onion, strips of carrot, squash, paprika, broccoli.. Serve with potatoes in whichever form is preferred, and bearnaise or a pepper-sauce.. And now I'm hungry. Great.
How do you do yours?
I'll tell you what. Squash and Inkara1 go back a long way.
My parents have always had a garden in the back yard, and squash is the staple crop. As anyone who has grown a squash plant knows, one plant is enough to keep a family of five fed for an entire summer. So my parents had three yellow crookneck, three patty pan and three zucchini plants every year for a number of years. This would, of course, be enough to feed a family of 45 for an entire summer... overkill for a family of three.
That means I've tried squash pretty much every way you can imagine it. Steamed. Fried. Made into casserole. Mixed in with a special "spaghetti starter" spaghetti sauce. Mixed in with onions and other veggies. Cut into slices and tossed into a pan of ground beef and beef-flavored rice. You name it, chances are I've had it that way at least once in my life. The only problem is that there are more nights in a summer than there are ways to cook squash.
Beyond that, we had so much extra squash that my dad would take a plastic shopping bag filled to overflowing to work with him just about every day and visitors to our home weren't allowed to leave unless they took a plastic bag filled to overflowing. Rumor has it anyone who left their porch light on or car window rolled down overnight got a bag too.
Thankfully, the last two houses my family has had, the gardens were smaller so there's only been one of each plant per year, making things much more managable. A couple years ago, though, a gopher got the zucchini plant, meaning we went a whole summer without garden-fresh home-grown zucchini. It was like the first Christmas after a member of the family has died -- just not the same.
I will close this post with another little tidbit about me. I can not fucking stand spaghetti squash.
paul_valaru
3/08/06, 07:34am
I tried squash once
it was good
ask leslie how it was cooked, i have no idea
Geez Inky, Are you sure we don't have the same parents? Did your mom ever make zucchini bread?
Hmm... I think zucchini bread might be the one thing I didn't have to try.
Hmm... I think zucchini bread might be the one thing I didn't have to try.
OMG IT'S THE BEST! YOU WERE DEPRIVED! She didn't make it try it cause she wanted it ALL for herself!!! DEPRIVED!
unclehobart
3/08/06, 10:02am
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Actually, it really is good. Very similar to banana bread but...different.
It is not gross. People only get grossed out when I tell them what it is that they are eating. They think it`s banana bread. It is even better with chocolate in it though :D
unclehobart
3/09/06, 10:25am
Sorry... but I can smell exactly what it is at 20 paces. I don't know how people can fool themselves into thinking that it is anything less than a squash bread.
I like squash bread. And squash pie. And squash muffins.
And squash baked with butter and brown sugar in the seed cavern. mmmmmmm :licklips:
BeardofPants
3/09/06, 02:18pm
I've never had squash... does it taste anything like turnips? Wait... is zucchini squash? Cos I've had green zucchini.. I pan fry it sometimes and put it on the pizza.
*is strangely ignorant of what to do with zucchini and would appreciate some nummy recipes
I made cubed zucchini mixed with stewed tomatoes and assorted italian spices, topped with mozzarella and breadcrumbs. That was YUMMY.
Other than that I use it in muffins and breads, and grated into stuff so noone knows it is there. Into spaghetti sauces and the like.
this seems like the bread one I use. *too lazy to get up and find it
Ingredients:
3 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2 cups white sugar
2 cups grated zucchini
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
3 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F ( 165 degrees C). Grease and flour two 8x4 inch loaf pans. In a large bowl, beat eggs until light and frothy. Mix in oil and sugar. Stir in zucchini and vanilla. Combine flour, cinnamon, soda, baking powder, salt and nuts; stir into the egg mixture. Divide batter into prepared pans. Bake for 60 to 70 minutes, or until done.
Slim Pickens
3/09/06, 05:03pm
Just remember, when cooking vegetables, PORK FAT RULES :beerbang:
*remembers to invite himself to the Latimer's for supper
I've never had squash... does it taste anything like turnips? Wait... is zucchini squash? Cos I've had green zucchini.. I pan fry it sometimes and put it on the pizza.
*is strangely ignorant of what to do with zucchini and would appreciate some nummy recipes
It's a type of squash... yellow crookneck has a slightly softer outer skin, a different color and a slightly different flavor.
Here's a picture I took of a fresh-from-the-garden zucchini in 2001.
Professur
3/09/06, 07:37pm
A girl I knew in highschool would look at that and just smile.
woodman19_99
3/10/06, 05:51pm
Here's a picture I took of a fresh-from-the-garden zucchini in 2001.
I think some of the woman in here just fainted...
A girl I knew in highschool would look at that and just smile.
I bet she was like a hallway for any man's hotdog then
BeardofPants
3/11/06, 11:27pm
It's a type of squash... yellow crookneck has a slightly softer outer skin, a different color and a slightly different flavor.
I just remembered, I've had the yellow as well ... over here we call them courgettes, which is why I wasn't sure if I'd had squash or not.
AlphaTroll
3/14/06, 05:21am
I think the stuff from the entire marrow family is quite gross :sick:
Pumpkin pie rocks.
I saw a show this weekend about a woman making a sweet potato pie business. Is that the same texture as sweet potatoes, or as pumpkin pie? I want to try it, but I'm a little afraid of it.
I have a hard time differentiating if I didn't make it. Usually, though sweet potato pie is not as heavily spiced, which is a shame, and the color is lighter.
AlphaTroll
3/20/06, 10:32am
How do you make it? I've always seen them being eaten on TV, but I don;t think I have ever actually tasted any.
There's a song about sweet potato pie...*goes to listen to it*
I did a nice butternut squash this weekend. Small one, since the wife ain't crazy about 'em, but a nice, sweet taste.
Then I did my quickie noodles/italian sausage deal last night. We ate pretty well this weekend.
How do you make it? I've always seen them being eaten on TV, but I don;t think I have ever actually tasted any.
Take a punkin pie recipe and substitute the mashed sweet potatoes for it. Works for me but if you want a recipe, I trust this guy. (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_24965,00.html)
The yogurt sounds odd but I use his recipes frequently enough to go along with it.
Slim Pickens
3/20/06, 11:15am
TA, you could always e-mail your ex mother-in-law...I know she has a recipe
TA, you could always e-mail your ex mother-in-law...I know she has a recipe
I prefer punkin pie, myself...but she would be a good source.
BeardofPants
3/20/06, 03:22pm
Mmmmm.... pumpkin pie. Had a yankee friend make it for me :licklips:
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