The Dreaded Time of Year: Squash-pa-looza
Look, I'm getting desperate over here. I now have NINE tromboncinos lurking on my damn kitchen table, and this is after I gave away several. The vines have spread so far that they've climbed over my bean bed, through a tomato patch, and out the other side. One vine has a runner that is, my hand to god, a good twenty feet long. It has nearly reached the fence line and appears to be headed for the neighbor's house.
Each of these long trailing vine-fiends has baby squash on them. I saw one of the rabbits go in the patch, but I haven't seen it come out. Maybe the squash ate them. Maybe the rabbits hollowed one out to build a home. I fear the dog will approach too closely and be nabbled up, and he's a good eighty pounds. These suckers have to be feeding off something.
Some of the squash in my kitchen are four pounds EACH. Others are "only" two and a half pounds. People, I have nearly forty pounds of squash here. Half of which I picked yesterday.
I have so far made:
Grilled squash
Squash lasagne (with squash "noodles")
Boiled squash
Squash muffins, squash pies
Squash bread
Side-squash
Squash salads
Squash kebabs
Squash sliced, breaded, baked, and made into zuke sticks with dipping sauce
I instituted a one squash per person per day rule, but it isn't helping. The squashy fiends have far-outstripped our current nomming efforts, and I've started trying to feed them to the dog, who is doing his best to help out, but he's getting on in his years, and he told me he can only manage half a squash if I add some butter to it and give him time to gnaw them because his teeth aren't what they used to be.
What am I going to do? I looked out this morning, and even from my porch, I could see two more light green squash lighted up like mini-lanterns, ready to be picked. Tomorrow, they'll probably weigh another pound.
Help. Help.
Pls send recipes knthnxbai
Each of these long trailing vine-fiends has baby squash on them. I saw one of the rabbits go in the patch, but I haven't seen it come out. Maybe the squash ate them. Maybe the rabbits hollowed one out to build a home. I fear the dog will approach too closely and be nabbled up, and he's a good eighty pounds. These suckers have to be feeding off something.
Some of the squash in my kitchen are four pounds EACH. Others are "only" two and a half pounds. People, I have nearly forty pounds of squash here. Half of which I picked yesterday.
I have so far made:
Grilled squash
Squash lasagne (with squash "noodles")
Boiled squash
Squash muffins, squash pies
Squash bread
Side-squash
Squash salads
Squash kebabs
Squash sliced, breaded, baked, and made into zuke sticks with dipping sauce
I instituted a one squash per person per day rule, but it isn't helping. The squashy fiends have far-outstripped our current nomming efforts, and I've started trying to feed them to the dog, who is doing his best to help out, but he's getting on in his years, and he told me he can only manage half a squash if I add some butter to it and give him time to gnaw them because his teeth aren't what they used to be.
What am I going to do? I looked out this morning, and even from my porch, I could see two more light green squash lighted up like mini-lanterns, ready to be picked. Tomorrow, they'll probably weigh another pound.
Help. Help.
Pls send recipes knthnxbai