No Butternut Squash?

[itself]

I cannot find any butternut squash in three different supermarkets? Did they ship it all over to the troops? I finally settled for some frozen squash at Whole Foods.

Lisa

[OakLeaf]

That's weird. Where are you?

Must be sold out for Thanksgiving. I've got enough to last me through February, but there's plenty in the stores in Ohio, both organic and conventional.

[Tuckervill]

I was at the farm stand today and a lady came in asking for butternut squash. The clerk said, "We have some, but it's buried in all that other squash over there." The they spent about 5 minutes moving 40 other squashes to get to the few butternuts in the bin.

Last year I couldn't find pie pumpkins after the end of October, and today I bought 2 of their last 5 they had in stock.

There's a butternut squash conspiracy or something.

Karen

[Reesha]

Try hubbard squash instead. It's amaaaazing.

[NoNo]

Odd, I've had no problem finding it here. Actually, I think I'll go and buy some!

[Tri Girl]

I think I'd like squash if I knew how to cook it. Tried some spaghetti squash one time and it was deelish. Off to do some online squash cooking research...

[itself]

I'm in AZ, and we had the same problem last year, the tiny bit of butternut squash they had were small and gosh were they gritty!

Lisa

[Trek420]

I'm blaming it on climate change

[shootingstar]

Some areas are also recognizing the cooking versatility of squash and hence price has gone up.

I love squash but we don't buy as much as we used to 10 years ago. Back then, we used to buy one whole butternut squash for $1.00. When I was a child it was 25 cents per whole freakin' squash. Now in our area it's $1.49 per lb.

However this summer, when visiting a friend in tomato country ..about 300 kms. southwest of Toronto, we drove by fields of ripened squash. Still cheaply priced there for locals. Meaning $1.00 per whole squash, regardless of size.

I stir-fry small cubed butternut squash with onions, ginger root, garlic and add 1 tblsp. of soy sauce or less for squash amount to serve 2 people. Soy sauce added near beginning when squash starts to cook. Squash is tasty because of slight carmelization from stir-frying sear. Just cook squash until it's still lumpy soft. Takes about 15-20 min. This is my mother's unique recipe. In a way, it is a comfort, dynamic food for me. It does evoke memories of those tough, poor years that my parents endured when they were raising a large young family.

I don't bake squash and eat it like that. Too boring. Like more pizzaz. He makes a great squash soup..each time it's different. Different spices or he puts in a cut-up apple or pear or potato.