Sunday, September 16, 2012

Now that my bean question is answered...crookneck squash

I have another newbie question. I picked a crookneck squash and brought it to the kitchen. Here is a picture of it. I was pondering how to cook it and was handling it and realized it is literally as hard as a rock. I've googled it and I'm pretty sure I let it get way too old on the vine. How do you all know when your crookneck squash is ready to pick? And your favorite way to cook them? Bake?

5 comments:

Andrea said...

They are so lovely, how i wish we can also grow them in the hot tropics. But i don't see them here. We have many cucurbits though, only not that variety. Maybe you should get them a few days after fertilization, that will still be young for vegetable.

Natalie said...

That is the same way mine looked when I picked it. It was hard also. I cut off the outer skin (my peeler couldn't handle it), cut it up, and steamed it. With a little butter it was tasty.

Erin said...

Thank you Natalie. I thought I had a pretty autumn decoration instead of food. I prefer food!!

Gardeningbren said...

Still picking beans I see ))))) . That photo is a painting!

Erin said...

Thank you Brenda!! We are still eating beans almost every day. It's awesome. Thank you for the Fortex bean tip.