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When I pulled the vines, I harvested all of these (and the final two cucumbers when I pulled those, too), and another small butternut that wasn't yet ripe (not pictured). That big one in the back weighed 7 pounds!
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It's a long as my hand and forearm!
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I still have these left in the garden. The upper two are still attached to their vine, but the others aren't. If I use these immature squash, I will have harvested a total of 56 butternuts this year.
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I steamed a ripe squash and added it to the immature squash in the food processor. You can really see the difference in the colors!
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The resulting puree looked and tasted just like pumpkin, so it was frozen to use in pies, breads and cookies. I got four cups from this first batch, enough for two pumpkin pies.
I'll leave the others in the garden until a frost is imminent, then bring them in and combine them with ripe butternuts to freeze as "pumpkin".
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That's a lot of squashes! At least they keep nicely... and buttenut pie sounds delicious.
ReplyDeleteDavid, the pie is in the oven right now!
DeleteSquashed is right! Holy smokes that is a lot of squash. Impressive haul AG :)
ReplyDeleteNartaya, ya think? LOL!
DeleteWow, you are in squash heaven! Pies, squash soup, mashed butternut! My late father in law used to slice up acorn squash and sautee it in butter then put a bit of maple syrup over it. Yum. So many ways to enjoy winter squash. They look goreous!
ReplyDeleteNutmeg, the pie is in the oven. We love baked butternut with butter and brown sugar (or maple syrup). I've never tried butternut squash soup. I have a recipe for beef stew that uses cubed butternut. The person who made it said it disappeared into the stew, but tasted great.
DeleteBeautiful squash. I think I have plenty for this coming winter. I've got to find butternut recipes though. I can only eat so much pie, cake, and squash casserole. Though I love them, I don't like eating that much sugar all the time. I think black bean and squash tacos will be on the menu. In the past I've loved pureed squash, but not plain. So I've got to figure out what people put in it to make it taste so good. Probably lots of butter. Oh the waistline isn't going to like eating all those butternuts even if I will.
ReplyDeleteDaphne, I put on lots of butter and brown sugar, then Mr. Granny adds even more butter and brown sugar! I have grilled sweet potato slices brushed with molasses, and that was good. I imagine squash would be about the same.
DeleteJamaican Grilled Sweet Potatoes
3 tablespoons packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon melted butter
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon dark molasses
1 teaspoon pineapple juice or water
2 large (about 1 1/2 pounds) sweet potatoes or yams) peeled and cut diagonally into 1/2 inch slices
Preheat grill 5 minutes.
Combine brown sugar, melted butter and ginger in small bowl; mix well. Stir in molasses and pineapple juice or water; set aside.
Spray grill with non-stick spray. Grill potato slices 5 minutes. Baste with reserved sauce and turn potato slices, basting again. Turn and baste every 2-3 minutes until tender.
Revised from: Great Grilling on the George Foreman Grill
very awesome!
ReplyDeleteI think so too, Shawn Ann!
DeleteI think you have enough squash now! lol We have begun pulling out some of our things also. Weather cooler here too. Nancy
ReplyDeleteNancy, I'm quite sure I have enough, LOL! If we have squash once a week, we have way more than a year's supply!
DeleteGranny, could you do a post (or send me and email) on your favorite ways to use up winter squash? I have about 50-75 (I really haven't counted yet) pumpkins, butternuts, and acorn squashes.
ReplyDeleteAnd that is one heck of a butternut up there! Great job!
Ashlee, we like to bake, steam or microwave the squash and serve with butter and brown sugar or maple syrup. Other than that, I just use them in any recipe that calls for pumpkin. I steam or bake them, then puree and freeze them. We're eating a "pumpkin" (squash) pie today, and it's delicious. I'll be making pumpkin bread, pumpkin cookies and pumpkin muffins, all out of butternut squash. The mature butternuts and acorn squash keep well in our garage for several months, so I usually don't do anything with them unless they begin to show signs of deterioration. I've heard the squash is good cubed and added to stew, but I haven't yet tried that.
DeleteWow! You certainly have had a great year for squash! I'm definately going to have to try a few butternuts next year. Since I'm planning on no tomatoes in the potager I may actually have room :)
ReplyDeleteEd, just remember the vines get about 40' long! You might want to plant a bush butternut rather than the Waltham that I plant, even though the Waltham is the greatest producer.
DeleteWOW that is a lot of squash. Plenty to enjoy and share with your family.The 7 pound butternut is impressive.
ReplyDeleteRachel, the 7 pound one is the largest I've ever grown, by nearly half a pound.
DeleteSO JEALOUS!!!!. I just love Bnuts. Hopefully next year will be my winning season.
ReplyDeleteTami, I've always had great production from Waltham butternut, but I did get a bit carried away this year :-) It was all that extra new garden space.
DeleteYou certainly will be stocked this year!
ReplyDeleteErin, I certainly will be! John is my only kid that wants them, the others don't want to fool with preparing them. That means we'll be eating most of them!
DeleteGranny- that is an insane amount of squash! (just popping over to TRY to get caught up on reading your blog!) I can't imagine trying to store 56 squash, freezer or not!
ReplyDeleteMegan, glad you popped in! I hope you are enjoying your new container garden....I doubt you'll be growing any butternut squash there, LOL! I'll bet you're missing Eleanor.
DeleteThanks for stopping by as well! No butternut squash here for sure! Missing her more than you know. Her new home was apparently not raccoon proof. All of the turtles are nowhere to be found. We're incredibly sad, had them all for 3-4 years...
DeleteOh, no! How sad, I'm so sorry. I can imagine how badly you feel. I was fond of Eleanor just from reading about her.
DeleteGranny, I think that you had "The Little Shop of Horrors Squash" :)
ReplyDeleteRobin, I did have "a few". LOL!
DeleteThat's a lot of squash. Mine didn't do well this year. Hoping for a better season next year. I may add a few butternuts to my list.
ReplyDeleteRhonda, I just had my second slice of "pumpkin" (squash) pie, and it was sooooo good. I have a feeling much of the butternut will be used as pumpkin!
DeleteDo you have any sweet potatoes left in the dirt/ground? (I do)
ReplyDeleteGreat haul-I love to come here and see what's possible. I hope someday to be as experienced as you.
Barbee, I only planted two slips in a barrel, and I've pulled out two sweet potatoes. I hope there are more in there! I'll watch the weather forecast and dig them out before the temp drops into the 30s (next week, according to The Weather Channel)
DeleteI was curious, so I went out and dug them up. Only one more nice sized one, and a few really small ones. The soil was incredibly compacted and dry in the barrel. The harvest would probably been much bigger with better soil. There might be some more deeper down, but I'm going to have to soak the soil well to be able to dig further. Next year I'll try again with 5-gallon buckets of potting mix.
DeleteI plan on using better (lighter) potting mix next year too. Best of luck to us both.
DeleteWe picked our pumpkins and the rest of the acorn squash today. I used them all for decorating outside. I may go out and take a few of the acorn squash to cook up. I had a pumpkin chili last year that was absolutely delicious. It was a basic chili recipe with a smooth, creamy pumpkin base. The pumpkin didn't really flavor it, but added a creaminess that was both filling and delicious. I'll have to dig up the recipe and post it one of these days.
ReplyDeleteLangela, I've heard the same about using diced squash in vegetable beef stew. That it disappears, but gives it flavor and creaminess. Do post that recipe!
DeleteWOW that is amazing! Love the idea of using it in a beef stew as well. Good Vitamin A and C for the winter. :-D
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