Kabocha

Rubystars said:

I've been trying a lot of different winter squashes (last year I tried butternut, acorn, and
spaghetti squash and loved them). This year I've tried two more types, Kabocha and Delicata.

Delicata and spaghetti are my favorites.

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Kabocha is the sweetest squash I've ever eaten, it tastes a lot better than butternut, and I
thought butternut was a sweet vegetable!

I love to eat it baked in the microwave straight out of the shell (after removing seeds and
strings). The seeds are large and tasted ok when I roasted them but I had a lot more luck with the
delicata seeds, which were smaller and came out much better, and crunchier.

The delicata is so easy to seed, because it's small and when I split it in half it had a cavity on
each side that I could run a spoon through once or twice to remove most of the seeds.

Even the rind was edible on the delicata because it became soft in the microwave (I don't know if
this is a good idea to eat or not, but it wasn't bad tasting).

I doubt it'll hurt you on occasional, but that's some pretty tough fiber even after it's softened
up. I wouldn't eat too much of it. Also, some vendors put a wax on the skin. That may not be so
good for you.

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I just thought I'd share some of my adventures through the produce section of HEB. 🙂

If you haven't made a trip over to Central Market yet, I highly recommend it. CM is a higher-end
fresh food market run by HEB. You have to see the produce area to believe it, and the prices are
pretty much in line with standard HEB (sometimes a little higher, sometimes less). None of the
produce is warehoused, so it's a lot fresher. The one in Houston is at Westheimer and Wesleyan. I
know it's a long drive for you, but I think it's worth it.

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My sister has shown an interest in spaghetti squash this week because she saw Dr. Phil eating some
on tv, so I'm going to help her make some. This should be fun. 🙂

Spaghetti squash is very nice. I like it just scraped out of the skin with a bit of nutmeg, salt,
and pepper (that's how I usually prepare winter squashes unless I make soups or fillings for
ravioli). You can put some butter or margarine on it, but I think it messes up the mild and subtle
flavors of the squash.

PS: Why on earth do you watch Dr Phil?

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I doubt it'll hurt you on occasional, but that's some pretty tough fiber even after it's softened
up. I wouldn't eat too much of it. Also, some vendors put a wax on the skin. That may not be so
good for you.

Ah ok thanks. 🙂 I wash off the squash before I start cutting them so that the knife won't drag
dirty stuff inside so hopefully that washed away most of the wax if there was any.

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If you haven't made a trip over to Central Market yet, I highly recommend it. CM is a higher-end
fresh food market run by HEB. You have to see the produce area to believe it, and the prices are
pretty much in line with standard HEB (sometimes a little higher, sometimes less). None of the
produce is warehoused, so it's a lot fresher. The one in Houston is at Westheimer and Wesleyan. I
know it's a long drive for you, but I think it's worth it.

centralmarket.comcmAboutProduce.jspOpen ↗

I hadn't even heard of that before, probably because it's across town, but when I get a chance I'll
go check it out. 🙂 I hope they have some stuff I've never seen before!

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Spaghetti squash is very nice. I like it just scraped out of the skin with a bit of nutmeg, salt,
and pepper (that's how I usually prepare winter squashes unless I make soups or fillings for
ravioli).

Yeah I usually put nutmeg, salt and pepper on the ones I eat too. 🙂

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You can put some butter or margarine on it, but I think it messes up the mild and subtle flavors of
the squash.

Yeah, that's true. It's good both ways though.

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PS: Why on earth do you watch Dr Phil?

My sister started watching him every day so now I've watched him some too. I don't agree with
everything he says but it's kind of helped me when he's been talking to some of those people who are
trying to lose weight. 🙂

-Rubystars

Rubystars said:

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I doubt it'll hurt you on occasional, but that's some pretty tough fiber even after it's softened
up. I wouldn't eat too much of it. Also, some vendors put a wax on the skin. That may not be so
good for you.

Ah ok thanks. 🙂 I wash off the squash before I start cutting them so that the knife won't drag
dirty stuff inside so hopefully that washed away most of the wax if there was any.

More of it's likely to evaporate in the microwave or oven.

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If you haven't made a trip over to Central Market yet, I highly recommend it. CM is a higher-end
fresh food market run by HEB. You have to see the produce area to believe it, and the prices are
pretty much in line with standard HEB (sometimes a little higher, sometimes less). None of the
produce is warehoused, so it's a lot fresher. The one in Houston is at Westheimer and Wesleyan. I
know it's a long drive for you, but I think it's worth it.

centralmarket.comcmAboutProduce.jspOpen ↗

I hadn't even heard of that before, probably because it's across town, but when I get a chance
I'll go check it out. 🙂 I hope they have some stuff I've never seen before!

Take your time. The produce area is amazing, but the rest of the store is just as impressive. I took
my mother, sister, and aunt over there when they opened (neither of our CMs have valet parking, so
that was a novelty for me) and I couldn't get them out of the store.

<snip> I was gonna say some unflattering things about Dr Phil, but I'm glad he has some people
motivated to lose weight. Some of his ideas are even pretty good.