Autumn Crown Squash Harvest

Over the past few years I've tried various winter squash, but prefer Crown Prince to any of them. They keep well and taste great no matter how they are cooked. They are large, but I tend to use some, then leaving the skin on, but removing the seeds from the some of the remainder, cut it into wedge sections and wrap them tightly in cling film. They will keep in a fridge for a couple of weeks like this. The rest I use to make squash and lentil soup and freeze in single servings.

This is my Final update on these Squashes.

Today I threw everyone of them out because they had rotted. The Crown Prince's that I have grown in the past have kept well into the Spring, but these Autumn Crown were all rotted before the New Year.

In my last post I said I would grow them again, well I have now changed my view and will not grow them again.
Crown Prince taste better & kept far longer. The only downside with CP is the very large size of each fruit, but as another poster said once cut they can keep okay for a few weeks in the fridge.

I agree Steve, my squashes aren't storing well this year, either.
I had to bin 2 Uchiki Kuris this week, and the Tromba d'Albenga are shrivelling already, so must use them soon.

My squashes seem to be storing ok, but I did notice that the last Thelma Sanders had seeds inside which had germinated. So I'd better hurry up and eat the last one!

Good to know about the Autumn Crown.

I had an Autumn Crown the other day and it was really good. The skin was really hard and shiny, like plastic. A bit like Crown Prince. I like the AC as it has thin skin but no seeds, so no waste

The longest lasting of mine this year have been the New England Pies. Really chuffed with them.  Mine have got quite big so plenty of eating as they have thin skins.  I made chips today with a goodly-sized wedge of it