Guest guest Report post Posted November 4, 2009 Ehhhhhh could have been worse *grins* You live and you learn and improve over time. No one got hurt, so it's all good. I still recall one baking disaster of sorts when I was far younger than I am now. *sighs* God that was a long, long time ago but it was a recipe for an apple pie. Long story short it had a crumble topping and the instructions said to bake in the oven, middle rack and to put it in a brown bag while baking. Yeah, yeah, common sense vs following the recipe....let's just say I've made it since then, but I've made sure to ommit the brown bag <g> But for squash, split it in half, drizzle some butter or oil, salt and pepper for a savory flavor or a bit of honey or brown sugar for a sweet flavor and bake in a slow oven. Dennis Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted November 4, 2009 What you really need is to go back into the kitchen. I know the feeling, the next thing you whip up will be perfect. Donna We gotta stop smokin', stop, stop. I mean cigarette smoking. - Jimi Hendrix, Midnight Lightning --- On Wed, 11/4/09, Audrey Snyder <AudeeBird wrote: Audrey Snyder <AudeeBird Re: [veg_grp] Exploding squash!!! Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 6:10 PM  And yes -- holes definitely not deep enough. I poked them with a regular fork. I've just had a really crummy track record lately, haven't I?? I just need to go to bed now...! Audrey On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Donnalilacflower <thelilacflower@ >wrote: > > I have a feeling you didn't poke the holes deep enough. You have to take a > large long sharp serving fork and poke it deep down into the center of the > squash many times, twist it too. > Donna > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted November 4, 2009 I will get back in the kitchen, Donna -- but I've also learned that when I'm exhausted and starving, if I try anything new or different, there's just no way it's going to turn out well! Dennis, that is a great story! My very first cooking disaster was putting about 4 times the amount of salt called for in a meatloaf. I was about 8 -- Mom made me feel better by telling me about the time she was assigned to make a meatloaf as a kid, and put the ground beef in the oven, sans seasoning, eggs, bread crumbs, etc. Audrey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted November 4, 2009 And speaking of salt roflmbo, I recall when I took home ec back in Junior High, hey I planned ahead for both easy courses and well as ones that provided helpful skills <g>, the teacher told us of one class disaster once. *snickering* The one group in the class was making an apple pie, and reversed the sugar and the salt when they measured them out. *cringes* So they put more than a cup of salt into the pie, and only a tablespoon if that of sugar in. So yeah, no matter how young or old one is, there's always going to be accidents and mistakes. Dennis Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
