Week 15 and The Case of "what did we just microwave?"

Hey Everybody,

Week 15 finds the winter squash way ahead of schedule and the tomatoes beginning their slow down that will end soon with no more of those delicious fruits! More lettuces were planted today for fresh salads this Fall.

Spaghetti Squash is in your crates this week and we had never tried it before, so before we let you all crack into one I went out into the staging area (the garage) where all the veggies are brought in and sorted etc. and grabbed a spaghetti squash to try out. You can cut them up or cook them whole. You can bake or microwave. For the sake of speed and not really goodness, we decided to stick it in the microwave whole. I punctured it a few times so it wouldn't build up pressure and explode, set the timer for 12 minutes and off we went. When the timer dinged that it was done, we pulled the squash out of the microwave and let it sit for the prescribed 5 minutes to let the inside steam. When it was done steaming we took a knife, hacked the squash in half, and prepared to take the seed core out and test our spaghetti squash. Well, when we looked inside the squash was very watery in the middle and there was a greenish color all around the edges of the squash. Vicky looked at me and said,"Honey, I don't think we'll be giving out spaghetti squash, it looks horrible." I wasn't ready to throw in the towel. I examined the weird looking squash. I tasted the hot horrible tasting squash, and determined then and there that we had just microwaved..... a honeydew melon.

When we later cooked an actual spaghetti squash it was very good. Hope you enjoy them.

In your crates this week:

Spaghetti Squash
Summer Squash Variety
Tomatoes
Basil
Sweet Peppers
Young Swiss Chard
String Beans
Onions
Cucumbers

Steve and Vicky