Question for Cal (and other farmer types)

[gftChris]

I just bought a 'turban squash' because it looks cool. Any suggestions on recipes of anything like that, or what you'd do with it?

 

 

[DieHardBrownsFan]

You would.

[Westside Steve]

C'on DieHard, Sikhs are cool.

 

WSS

[DieHardBrownsFan]

Muslim religious leaders also wear them.

[Westside Steve]

of course Chris is British and has a closer tie to the India colonies.

WSS

[calfoxwc]

LOL.

 

You guys are hilarious.....

 

However, in a rare fit of seriousness...@@

 

I cook acorn squash by halving, or quartering them, cleaning out the seeds,

then poking fork holes in the meat of the squash, add a very good salted butter and

brown sugar, wrap in aluminum, and bake til soft - check em every so often.

 

then scrape out the good stuff from the rind. Just don't put too much sugar in at first,

you can adjust that later.

 

Goes excellently with a nice slice of turkey or chicken. Crap, that reminds me, I haven't

designed my future mobile chicken house yet. Egad, I can't get all my work done, and

I've taken a few days off because of a bad sore throat. I think I have malaria...

 

Here's a link on another way:

 

http://www.livestrong.com/article/428193-how-to-cook-a-turban-squash/

[gftChris]

So it kinda comes out like mashed potato I guess? Or does it still have some bite left to it?

[calfoxwc]

Bite? I haven't tried this squash, planted different types of squash, but they got

flooded and weeded out at the bottom of the garden. It surely is similar to

acorn. I wanted to try the turban, golden and blue hubbard, and a few others.

 

Next year.

[gftChris]

By bite, I mean some resistance when you bite down on it - think of the different stages of boiled potatoes.

 

Thanks anyway

[calfoxwc]

Ah, density ? That's a tough question - depends on the

squash I suppose, and how much you cook it.

 

good luck with it. you could also try honey in place of the brown sugar,

 

I suggest a good wildflower raw organic honey. Filtered is good, just organic.

 

The taste of that honey will have most folks stopping buying that stuff in stores

that has been pasteurized, etc.

[gftChris]

not so much density, more like resistance - like pasta, I guess. Cook it al dente, or cook the crap out of it so it's all floppy.

 

Harlequin squash wedges tomorrow to go with roast chicken. Yum.

[DieHardBrownsFan]

Ah, density ? That's a tough question - depends on the

squash I suppose, and how much you cook it.

 

good luck with it. you could also try honey in place of the brown sugar,

 

I suggest a good wildflower raw organic honey. Filtered is good, just organic.

 

The taste of that honey will have most folks stopping buying that stuff in stores

that has been pasteurized, etc.

Mercola sells raw honey, it is not clear like the store bought honey..

[Westside Steve]

Or, as they say in east ohio: Squorsh.

 

WSS