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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
*sigh* I wish I liked sweet potatoes, yams, more squashes etc. as it is I can deal with the small squashes like zuchini, crook neck, spaghetti but most of the others are just too darn sweet for me.
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i love squashes. i'm currently experimenting with butternut squash at the recommendation of verencat. i had to order it special from my four seasons guys. it's delicious. i'm hoping it's making a comeback ; i've never seen it in the four seasons shops but the guy said that after years of total lack of interest he's getting requests for it now, only from young people, which i find encouraging. i'm hoping it will be like potimarron and go from totally unknown to ubiquitous within the next 2 years or so. i talked about it with a friend of mine and he said he thought it was unsurprising that the older generation didn't want any squash ; there was still the memory of war rations and "poor food" (pumpkin most notably is apparently "poor food" that was abundantly available during the war, so the old people are all sick of it and never want to see another damned pumpkin), and after that during the "Glorious 30" everyone wanted the more leisurely lifestyle which involved spending much less time in the kitchen, and let's face it, squash takes a LONG time to cook.