Most elucidating! And thank you for the elegant puns. I'll have to try a nut or two from our tree out back. So far they have only been used for dyeing, ink and a cordial, though none of those were my projects, I confess. How did you damage yourself pursuing a butternut squash? I cooked some the other night and, really, they aren't terribly fast.
Well, like I stated above, once you remove the hull, wash thoroughly in your work sink or with the garden hose, and let cure in an old paper potato sack for a month or so. It's a neat flavour, even if it takes some work.
I was trying to halve it for baking, and the serrated knife jumped the skin and sliced my left thumb clean through my thumbnail to the bone. It was ghastly-looking and took a long time to grow out. It still hurts when it's cold. :/ I use a hatchet on those bastiges, now, or my log-splitting wedge.
Ah...so allowing them to dry a bit. makes sense. I wonder what baking them in the shell at a low temp would do. So what other foraged foods have you tried then?
RE the squash - i guessed it was something like that. Ouch! I usually just use my Chinese cleaver or my largest French knife and a pot holder. It's a bugger getting an exact split so both halves are equal. Reminds me, i promised to post the stuffed squash recipe....
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I was trying to halve it for baking, and the serrated knife jumped the skin and sliced my left thumb clean through my thumbnail to the bone. It was ghastly-looking and took a long time to grow out. It still hurts when it's cold. :/ I use a hatchet on those bastiges, now, or my log-splitting wedge.
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RE the squash - i guessed it was something like that. Ouch! I usually just use my Chinese cleaver or my largest French knife and a pot holder. It's a bugger getting an exact split so both halves are equal. Reminds me, i promised to post the stuffed squash recipe....
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LOL. :-D
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