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Cooking & Baking

cbayer

(146,218 posts) Mon Mar 5, 2012, 03:05 PM Mar 2012

Yellow squash - need advice please [View all]

A friend just brought me a big yellow squash that is very fresh and ready for eating.

I have never really liked these soft squashes (like zucchini) because they are too.... squishy.

What might I do with it? (caveat - not a big fan of it raw either)

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Yellow squash - need advice please [View all] cbayer Mar 2012 OP

deep fry it and cover it with chocolate sauce ... zbdent Mar 2012 #1

Now, if you had said *then sprinkle with bacon*, I would have been cbayer Mar 2012 #3

well, I am trying to keep it vegetarian ... zbdent Mar 2012 #4

Shred it (by hand using box shredder or in a Cuisinart) beac Mar 2012 #2

OK, I can go with that. cbayer Mar 2012 #5

I never do. beac Mar 2012 #30

Ooh.. I love yellow squash & zucchini... hlthe2b Mar 2012 #6

Running low on stores and don't have what I would need for a soup or stew, but cbayer Mar 2012 #8

My favorite way to cook them is baked w/ onion and parmesan cheese woodsprite Mar 2012 #7

I actually have everything I would need for this. It doesn't come out cbayer Mar 2012 #9

It didn't turn out soggy for me, though it has more moisture in it woodsprite Mar 2012 #35

Arghhhh, homework! I am so glad those days are behind me. cbayer Mar 2012 #36

That's one of those "last thing into the stir-fry" veggies. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #10

Note: We grew white pattypan this past season. My wife made "cole" slaw with it. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #11

OK, I am really thinking that this would be good. cbayer Mar 2012 #13

DANGER! DANGER WILL ROBINSON! - I wasn't kidding about it being addictive. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #16

Here's something yummy we do for a change of pace - NRaleighLiberal Mar 2012 #12

They aren't soggy after cooking? cbayer Mar 2012 #14

It's fine - they aren't crunchy, but the flavor may compensate for NRaleighLiberal Mar 2012 #15

If you have a grill set up... TreasonousBastard Mar 2012 #17

I do have a grill and could try that. cbayer Mar 2012 #18

I second the idea of grilling it Stinky The Clown Mar 2012 #19

This would be better than trying to skewer them, I think. cbayer Mar 2012 #20

If you grill them . . . . Stinky The Clown Mar 2012 #21

I've got a flap steak which I plan to marinate in soy sauce, balsalmic, maple syrup and garlic. cbayer Mar 2012 #22

Why not? And if you don't drizzle all of them... TreasonousBastard Mar 2012 #23

Good idea. I think I will put some marinade on some of it and just oil on the rest. cbayer Mar 2012 #26

if you don't end up grilling them maddezmom Mar 2012 #24

I love cream soups (but I like the real cream!) cbayer Mar 2012 #25

Yes, the kitchen is back to normal maddezmom Mar 2012 #27

He is sooooo miserable right now cbayer Mar 2012 #28

maybe he should make a strong hot toddy and drift off to sleep maddezmom Mar 2012 #29

Is it a yellow crookneck? Or is it the big oval spaghetti squash? kestrel91316 Mar 2012 #31

It looks like this: cbayer Mar 2012 #32

if it's a big yellow squash, it's not particularly edible, IMO Warpy Mar 2012 #33

Thanks to everyone who gave such great ideas here. While it didn't go that well, I am cbayer Mar 2012 #34