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Immature butternut squash ... have you ever cooked and eaten them?

DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
in Fruit & veg
We had a self-sown butternut squash appear in the veg patch ... presumably a seed from the homemade garden compost ... anyway we let it grow as the flowers were gorgeous .... it was too late to have a chance of reaching a mature size, let alone ripening ... but it seems a shame to waste them.  There are quite a few, varying in size from tennis balls to grapefruit-ish.  

Has anyone tried cooking and eating them as if they were summer squash?

This seems to suggest that they're fine and I really don't see why not. 

 https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5846384

I'll be trying some during the week ahead.  

Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Dunno @Dovefromabove, as it's something I've never grown, but I'm in a similar position with a small pumpkin, that older daughter decided to grow. Needless to say, it was down to me for the aftercare, after the seeds were sown, and I didn't think I'd get anything, let alone have one getting to a good size, as they were very late sown. 

    Mine is large grapefruit size, and I thought I could use it for soup, which is what I normally use squashes for.  :)

    I think you've attached the wrong link though... ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Whoops!  a bit of a blooper there!  thanks for the heads-up @Fairygirl :)

    This should be the right one

    https://freshbitesdaily.com/green-butternut-squash/

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'll just put it down to your age @Dovefromabove ;)
    I just suggested to younger fairylet - doing a similar thing with the pumpkin, and I didn't even get as far as the dipping in breadcrumbs before she went 'no'.... :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Hmmm .... thanks for that @Fairygirl .... I seem to remember you're a year older now  ;)

    I'll try doing something with them ... 'courgette' soup perhaps ... or at least they ought to be ok for a chutney ... what do yu think ...?

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    A year older - but not necessarily wiser @Dovefromabove ;)

    I'm not a fan of chutney, but I expect that would work well. I love doing roast veg soup, with various spices depending on how I feel,  and it would certainly be excellent for that   :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Thats so weird,I told Dove,we were sisters,split at birth. I also had a butternut squash pop up in the veg plot,grew massive
  • StephenSouthwestStephenSouthwest Posts: 635
    I've roasted them very young, and seem to remember them having more flavour than mature butternuts...
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