Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Squash and Pumpkin Season

Fall is definitely here. Not just because of the torrential rains we’ve been having, but because this afternoon I found large boxes of pumpkins and winter squash on sale. Baking sugar pumpkins were on sale for 55¢/lb. and winter squash for 89¢/lb. I loaded up the shopping cart and came home with close to 35 lb.

Why so much all at once? First, because stored in a cool environment they last quite a while. Second, because it’s important here to get them while there’s still a good selection of fresh, undamaged, unspoiled ones.

We’ll be having baked squash, squash soup, squash gratin, squash stew, squash, squash, squash…

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