Honey Bear Acorn Squash gone horribly wrong
What NOT to do with acorn squash. Especially, cute little tasty Honey Bear squash.
I was going to cook this little darling just as I do with regular acorn squash. Since this was smaller, I thought I'd take cut down the cooking time by about 10 minutes, and I didn't bake it upside down for about 1/2 the time first. No problem there. The problem was, when I set the timer on the oven, I must have accidentally turned the oven off. So after about 35 minutes, I check on it and realize my error.
I turn the oven back on to 350, and decide to cook it for 30 minutes. Both halves lathered in yummy butter and brown sugar. They look spectacular.
They aren't quite done. Maybe because I skipped the upside down part. Whatever. They aren't done. Being the inventive person that I am, I decide to put one half into a bowl, covered loosely in plastic wrap to steam a bit. I set the timer at 10 minutes. Big mistake. Maybe it was the Reynold's Seal Tight wrap. Yes, that must be it.
Microwave beeps, I look in. The results are shown below. Yes, all the way down went the plastic wrap. It was quite the seal that it created. It's now about the size of an air hockey puck. This was totally unexpected. Who knew that squash could even do this?!
Thankfully, I ate the other half, and it wasn't as underdone as I originally thought! I'm still debating whether or not to try the little monster that I created.
I was going to cook this little darling just as I do with regular acorn squash. Since this was smaller, I thought I'd take cut down the cooking time by about 10 minutes, and I didn't bake it upside down for about 1/2 the time first. No problem there. The problem was, when I set the timer on the oven, I must have accidentally turned the oven off. So after about 35 minutes, I check on it and realize my error.
I turn the oven back on to 350, and decide to cook it for 30 minutes. Both halves lathered in yummy butter and brown sugar. They look spectacular.
They aren't quite done. Maybe because I skipped the upside down part. Whatever. They aren't done. Being the inventive person that I am, I decide to put one half into a bowl, covered loosely in plastic wrap to steam a bit. I set the timer at 10 minutes. Big mistake. Maybe it was the Reynold's Seal Tight wrap. Yes, that must be it.
Microwave beeps, I look in. The results are shown below. Yes, all the way down went the plastic wrap. It was quite the seal that it created. It's now about the size of an air hockey puck. This was totally unexpected. Who knew that squash could even do this?!
Thankfully, I ate the other half, and it wasn't as underdone as I originally thought! I'm still debating whether or not to try the little monster that I created.
I'm speechless. (Although greater atrocities have been conjured in my own kitchen!)
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Very funny! We also joined the local organic farm here and just got honey bear squash. Found your entry and i'll be sure to keep plastic wrap far far away from my squash!
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