Huh, typed a post complete with photos and it suddenly completely vanished before I'd finished it! No doubt I did something by mistake.
Anyway, husband brought in a massive butternut squash yesterday, it wasn't ripe but he'd accidentally snapped it off so had to bring it in, it's on a sunny windowsill. It's the biggest one I've ever seen....the orange (a normal size orange, not a satsuma) is there for comparison purposes, it dwarfs our kettle:-
The display on my scales is a bit faint, but it shows a weight of 4.27kg or 9lbs 6oz! How I'm going to cook the monster yet I haven't decided, but it will certainly do us for several meals. We like it cubed and simply roasted with smoked paprika, or in a risotto with bacon and sage. There's soup, of course, we especially like it with blue cheese in, or a curried version. And oh yes, butternut squash curry is delicious. Or I just boil and mash it sometimes, with some herbs, as an alternative cottage/fish pie topping.
And we have loads more of these squashes to come yet, a few of which will be just as big. It's a good job they store well, they'll keep us going all through winter.
Anyway, husband brought in a massive butternut squash yesterday, it wasn't ripe but he'd accidentally snapped it off so had to bring it in, it's on a sunny windowsill. It's the biggest one I've ever seen....the orange (a normal size orange, not a satsuma) is there for comparison purposes, it dwarfs our kettle:-
And here it is being weighed:-
And we have loads more of these squashes to come yet, a few of which will be just as big. It's a good job they store well, they'll keep us going all through winter.
I'd check the flavor before I cooked it all. Sometimes if they aren't ripe it isn't as good. A monster indeed!
ReplyDeleteIt most certainly is a biggie. It may ripen a bit on the shelf, so to speak.
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Yes they seem to keep a long time don't they, I love it chopped into chunks ans roasted.
ReplyDeleteI have a tiny Pattypan squash here I doubt I shall cook it though, the last one I had was a waste of time, energy and money since it tasted of nothing.
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