Welcome Arlene; was : New to Group and Cooking Winter Squash

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Warm welcome to the group, Arlene.

Thanks for posting an intro and that tip

about cooking squash in a crockpot.

Now i would have assumed you'd need to

add some water... it is cool to know you don't.

i just love cooked butternut and acorn squash

this time of year!

 

i must note that some of the newer crockpots

on the market cook horribly HOT and fast.

i was lucky to have an older model given to me

by my grandmother; gawd, it must be something

like 20 years old or older! *lol*

Recently i bought a new one so i would have two,

and the new one is just wild and cooks so differently.

i don't think i would dare leave unprotected squash

in there for 8 hours unless i was angry with it. *lol*

 

~ pt ~

 

Anything under the sun is beautiful if you have the vision

-- it is the seeing of the thing that makes it so.

~ Charles Webster Hawthorne (1872-1930)

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, " arc382001 " <arc382001>

wrote:

>

> Hi,

>

> I am brand new to the group. Just thought I would pass along

> something I recently discovered about cooking winter squash.

>

> You can cook winter squash in a slow cooker very easily. If the whole

> squash fits in your cooker, all you have to do is scrub the outside,

> place in cooker, cover and turn on low for about 8 hours. Remove from

> cooker, cut in half and scoop out seeds, etc. Viola! Comes out very

> soft.

>

> If it won't fit in one piece, cut into large chunks, scoop out seeds

> and place skin side down in cooker. Proceed as before.

>

> No water needed.

>

> Arlene

>