Cooking & Baking
Related: About this forumDelicata Squash
This is a squash that has been rediscovered. I just made a roasted herbed Delicata Squash. The skin is thin, the flesh is creamy. I used thyme and rosemary. I used clarified butter instead of olive oil.
Saviolo
(3,268 posts)His video for preparation is up here:
alfredo
(60,065 posts)I am recovering from neck and tongue cancer, and my salivary glands were damaged, so skins were hard to swallow. Delicata skins are tender, easy to chew and swallow.
CrispyQ
(36,221 posts)Slightly off topic, but last year I bought Savory Spice Shop's shallot salt & used it on my roasted butternut squash, along with olive oil, rosemary & roasted garlic cloves & it was divine!
https://www.savoryspiceshop.com/shallot-salt
procon
(15,805 posts)I like to stuff them with fresh spinach or chard,a little ham or bacon, topped with gooey melted cheese.
alfredo
(60,065 posts)Phentex
(16,330 posts)with dinner. One squash made a ton!
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)all that time. Once called "sweet potato squash" because of the flavor, but that flavor seems to have changed over the years Biggest problem is that they are "all seed" with not enough meat on them. It does make them easier to stuff, though.
Acorn squashes are all over the place now, and my favorite to stuff. Or just roast and eat plain. Cheese pumpkins are in, too, and they're too big for one or two people, but they are absolutely the best for pies and cakes.
hint: Halloween pumpkins usually kinda suck for eating, but hollow one out and use it as a bowl to serve pumpkin soup. (Soup made from butternuts and cheese pumpkins, of course.)
alfredo
(60,065 posts)I have been on a searching for the patty pan squash, but no luck. The acorn is a favorite here.
Delicata wasnt in our stores until it has gained new popularity.
japple
(9,772 posts)they get gone in a hurry. I think blue jays and cardinals like them and know that possums and probably raccoons, too. Cardinals love canteloupe and honeydew seeds as well. Some people like to clean and roast pumpkin seeds, but I don't care for them so I always donate them to the critters, too.
alfredo
(60,065 posts)Roasted sunflower seeds with garlic and soy sauce tastes like bacon.