Vegetable Prejudice

[pen_grunt]

Dear Spaghetti Squash,

I'm sorry I thought you were other squash. I do apologize for thinking you were anything at all like that baby-vomit-textured, stringy, day-glo orange squash that I can't even choke down despite thinking that it possibly tastes okay. Last night, I realized that you, spaghetti squash, are insanely delicious with your firm texture and buttery-nutty flavor. You are a party of wonderful in my mouth.

Sincerely,

A Fan.

P.S. Cooked carrots, you still suck.

Comments

[pointedthings.livejournal.com]

Cooked carrots are yummy.

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

I can't believe I call myself your sister.

Bah.

Cooked carrots are only yummy in carrot cake...where you can't tell there are carrots there at all.

And we all know about how carrot cake is my favorite, right?

[gwangi.livejournal.com]

You need to get yourself some chayote, which are available at most grocery stores round these parts. They're soooo good, especially when cut up into thin little slices like an apple. They're tart, firm, and taste great.

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

I've seen those around, but wrote them off as "typical squash" (which I hate). I'll have to give 'em a shot.

Raw? Cooked? Both?

[gwangi.livejournal.com]

Both. Or, rather, either. I put them in lots of different things, mostly mexican-types, but also in my spaghetti sauce, and I've had them in a crab salad thingy before, too.

[liquid-siftings.livejournal.com]

Say no to squash!

Say no to cooked carrots! (ever so gently steamed, so that the carrot is still firm & quasi-crunchy is ok, barely)

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

But spaghetti squash is the not-squash of squashes, I've found. Trust me, squash makes me gag, and I couldn't get enough of this stuff last night.

And no, cooked carrots are never, ever okay.

[grenacia.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love spaghetti squash! I use it like spaghetti sometimes, with a pasta sauce over it. I'm not terribly fond of other squashes, though they don't totally disgust me or anything.

Oh and yeah, I'm friending you back, now.