Sounds like a movie title, eh? “The thrilling tale of how 4 tenacious butternut squash, against all odds, survived for 6 months in a cold, dark basement.”
Brought the last 4 little butternuts up from the basement today and put them in the oven. They were wrinkled and had some bad spots, but definitely lots of good squash left in them. It still amazes me that we harvested those over 6 months ago and we’re still cooking and eating them.
The other thing you may notice is that some of those butternut from last summer had an uncharacteristic shape, with a very long, slender neck. I’m guessing that they’re some kind of hybrid volunteer from the year before. They don’t have as much flesh as a more typical butternut, but they taste just as good.
Ending and Beginning 