Exploding squash!!!

[Guest guest]

I have never ever microwaved one.

I cut in half, scoop out the seeds and boil it until you run the fork across the

half and see spaghetti strings.

Girl we are going to ban you from your kitchen before you hurt yourself  LOL

I have a feeling you didn't poke the holes deep enough.  You have to take a

large long sharp serving fork and poke it deep down into the center of the

squash many times, twist it too.

Donna

 

 

We gotta stop smokin', stop, stop. I mean cigarette smoking. - Jimi Hendrix,

Midnight Lightning

 

--- On Wed, 11/4/09, Audrey Snyder <AudeeBird wrote:

 

 

Audrey Snyder <AudeeBird

[veg_grp] Exploding squash!!!

 

Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 5:47 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

I poked holes in a spaghetti squash, per instructions. Then put it in the

microwave for 10 minutes. At 8 1/2 minutes, the darn thing blew up -- I

mean, blew itself into 3 pieces and one of the larger pieces blew the

microwave door open. So I had one chunk on the floor. Fortunately, no one

was near at the time (unfortunately, as I found out, the dog does not care

for spaghetti squash). This was the first time I've tried to cook spaghetti

squash. Should I have poked more holes? Bigger holes? Both? Put it in the

oven instead?

 

Audrey

 

 

[Guest guest]

I usually cut the squash in half to microwave it. I also put it in one of those

baked potato bags. It works great. I do the same thing for almost all winter

squashes.

 

Michelle in NV

[Guest guest]

I cut in half lengthwise, drizzle with olive oil and put on cookie sheet in

oven :-)

[Guest guest]

Hey, look at that! 3 responses in 30 minutes, thanks -- love this group!

 

Ugh, Donna -- made me glad I followed your advice and threw out two chipped

corningware-type pieces. I definitely don't want that stuff blowing the

microwave door open!

 

Audrey

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

And yes -- holes definitely not deep enough. I poked them with a regular

fork.

I've just had a really crummy track record lately, haven't I?? I just need

to go to bed now...!

 

Audrey

 

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Donnalilacflower

<thelilacflowerwrote:

 

>

> I have a feeling you didn't poke the holes deep enough. You have to take a

> large long sharp serving fork and poke it deep down into the center of the

> squash many times, twist it too.

> Donna

>