[greenhead]

Hi  Have three butternut Squashes ripening on the kitchen windowsill two are starting to go mouldy (white mould) - should I cook or chuck.  Comments please.

[fatbelly]

Cook, the same happened to mine and I cut the bit out and cooked the rest and was great.

[Junie]

I had this last year, I think it was where the frost had got to them, I cut out the bad bits and cooked the rest as Fatbelly said - no ill effects!

[greenhead]

Thanks fatbelly and Junie.  The next question is how to cook!! 

[fatbelly]

Boil as you would spuds are then mash with butter and milk. then use exactly as you would spud mash. Or roast in a oven with a bit of Olive Oil again delicious.

[whistler]

Peel and chop into one inch cubes and roast alongside carrots and parsnips in olive oil and herbs, say oregano or sage for 40 mins at 180c.  Or leave the skin on, chop into one inch cubes and drizzle with olive oil and roast around the joint for maybe 40 mins. Scrummy.

[nickmcmechan]

This ones a crackin recipe

google the spices for bombay potato

mix them with 2 tbsp of olive oil

peel, deseed and cut the squash lenghtways into 8 segments

brush the squah with the spice mixture

roast in the oven at 200 for 45 mins

yum

[realfood]

The easiest, cheapest and quickest  way to cook any Winter Squash, is to cut them into segments, remove the seeds and microwave in an open container, till they are soft. You can then scrape off the flesh from the skin with a spoon and use in any way that you wish.

[strangerachael]

If you're not quite ready to cook them you can chop and freeze them until you are.

[fatbelly]

If you're not quite ready to cook them you can chop and freeze them until you are.

Do they need to be blanched first?
Or can I just chop and freeze?

[mumofstig]

I just cut and freeze my wedges

[fatbelly]

I just cut and freeze my wedges

Job done and three BNS that were starting to go are now in the freezer.

I also have half a Crown Prince squash left over from last nights stew that I wanted to use next week sometime, can this be chopped and put into the freezer in the same way as the BNS?

And by the way this is my first taste of Crown Prince in a stew and it was superb, anyone who might of been thinking of growing some for next year , I would say go ahead they are delicious. It made the stew really rich and thick.

[Yorkie]

Yes