My Squash Has Turned On Me
December 8, 2009
Bad, butternut. Bad! These are the squash I picked up from my farm share less than a week ago. I had them sitting on my kitchen counter, just like all my other squash do. From the front, they looked fine. But when I went to pick one up my finger went right through it. Ewww. They were totally rotted out in a various spots. I have never had this happen to a squash before! My kitchen is really chilly, even when our heat is on, so I’m not sure what went wrong. I do know that the cauliflower I got from my CSA last week was already rotting when I received it — I had to cut about a third of it away. But these butternuts had almost no viable flesh left once I cut them open and trimmed off the moldy spots. While I’m sure the boys were thrilled that this part of dinner was thwarted, I was looking forward to eating them! We had some raw carrots on the side instead. That is, I served them and the boys looked at them.
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I'm Dara, the Chick in the Kitchen. Living in the suburbs of Manhattan with my two boys, ages 4 and 6, and husband. Trying to feed my family something more diverse than a different shape of pasta each night. Read more 
5 Comments
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Aunt Barbara | December 9, 2009 at 10:44 am
I just hate it when I plan on making something and it turns on me. I guess it’s the end of the season or something???
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Stephanie | December 10, 2009 at 9:01 am
One of mine went moldy as well and I don’t think the one I picked up yesterday will last long. May have to make a soup out of it ASAP and eat it for lunch as we are out and have Hanukah stuff planned the next few day.
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Jodi | December 10, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Looking at vegetables is good for kids too;)
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Aunt Barbara | December 10, 2009 at 2:54 pm
I just tried eating 2 pears I just bought. Both looked fine on the outside and were totally rotten inside. Yuck!
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The Local Cook | December 16, 2009 at 8:24 pm
That’s a bummer. Mine rotted much earlier, but our CSA stops the first week in November. And probably my garage is not the most prime location for storage
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