Thread: Cleaning Squash?

On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:22:33 -0800, "Dimitri" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Use an Ice Cream scoop.
>
>Solid metal without the release mechanism.
>
>Like this.
>
>http://www.target.com/Norpro-Aqua-Sc.../dp/B000TD0R3I

Why? If the squash is already cooked, a [serving?, dessert?] spoon
works fine. If it is raw, a paring knife works best [for me] to
remove rind from flesh.

For raw ones I reduce to 1 1/2" thick slices- and pare easily.

Jim

On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:03:30 -0500, Jim Elbrecht <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:22:33 -0800, "Dimitri" <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>Use an Ice Cream scoop.
>>
>>Solid metal without the release mechanism.
>>
>>Like this.
>>
>>http://www.target.com/Norpro-Aqua-Sc.../dp/B000TD0R3I
>
>Why? If the squash is already cooked, a [serving?, dessert?] spoon
>works fine. If it is raw, a paring knife works best [for me] to
>remove rind from flesh.
>
>For raw ones I reduce to 1 1/2" thick slices- and pare easily.
>
>Jim

I'm sure Dimitri means to clean the seed cavity.
I use a soup spoon but an ice scoop would work as well.
I never remove the skin from winter squash, I bake/grill
them skin on... I like to stuff the seed cavity with sausage meat,
but raisins, prunes, butter, maple syrup/brown sugar works well too.

On 2/16/2011 1:03 PM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:22:33 -0800, "Dimitri"<[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Use an Ice Cream scoop.
>>
>> Solid metal without the release mechanism.
>>
>> Like this.
>>
>> http://www.target.com/Norpro-Aqua-Sc.../dp/B000TD0R3I
>
> Why? If the squash is already cooked, a [serving?, dessert?] spoon
> works fine. If it is raw, a paring knife works best [for me] to
> remove rind from flesh.
>
> For raw ones I reduce to 1 1/2" thick slices- and pare easily.
>
> Jim


He's talking about removing the seeds, I believe.
I usually use a serving spoon or soup spoon. Never
had a problem.

gloria p

"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:03:30 -0500, Jim Elbrecht <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:22:33 -0800, "Dimitri" <[email protected]>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Use an Ice Cream scoop.
>>>
>>>Solid metal without the release mechanism.
>>>
>>>Like this.
>>>
>>>http://www.target.com/Norpro-Aqua-Sc.../dp/B000TD0R3I
>>
>>Why? If the squash is already cooked, a [serving?, dessert?] spoon
>>works fine. If it is raw, a paring knife works best [for me] to
>>remove rind from flesh.
>>
>>For raw ones I reduce to 1 1/2" thick slices- and pare easily.
>>
>>Jim
>
> I'm sure Dimitri means to clean the seed cavity.
> I use a soup spoon but an ice scoop would work as well.
> I never remove the skin from winter squash, I bake/grill
> them skin on... I like to stuff the seed cavity with sausage meat,
> but raisins, prunes, butter, maple syrup/brown sugar works well too.



Yep!

Me too.

Dimitri

On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:22:33 -0800, "Dimitri" <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Use an Ice Cream scoop.
>
> Solid metal without the release mechanism.
>
> Like this.
>
> http://www.target.com/Norpro-Aqua-Sc.../dp/B000TD0R3I
>
I use the soup spoon (aka "tablespoon") from my flatware set. If I
need something bigger, I'd use my basting spoon.


--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

Dimitri wrote:

> Use an Ice Cream scoop.
>
> Solid metal without the release mechanism.
>
> Like this.
>
> http://www.target.com/Norpro-Aqua-Sc.../dp/B000TD0R3I

To refine this a bit: Use a grindstone or whetstone to sharpen the top edge
of the scoop. It'll help with ice cream, too.

Bob

On Feb 17, 12:11*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:47:51 -0800, "Bob Terwilliger"
>
> <virtualgoth@die_spammer.biz> wrote:
> >Dimitri wrote:
>
> >> Use an Ice Cream scoop.
>
> >> Solid metal without the release mechanism.
>
> >> Like this.
>
> >>http://www.target.com/Norpro-Aqua-Sc.../dp/B000TD0R3I
>
> >To refine this a bit: Use a grindstone or whetstone to sharpen the top edge
> >of the scoop. It'll help with ice cream, too.
>
> Those scoops are of cheap pot metal. *It's impossible to grind pot
> metal (the metal will smear and load the grind stone rendering it
> useless). Even were it aluminum it would be difficult to grind dry
> too, would require a specially pourous wheel flooded with a suitable
> lubricating coolant and would need to be a tempered aluminum, soft
> aluminum grinds like pot metal... to shape non ferrous metals use an
> appropriate grit disk sander or for a better finish a machinists file
> configured for aluminum. *But if a keener edge is required it's much
> simpler to use a tablespoon for squash (or a paddle for ice cream).
> That style of ice cream scoop Dimitri suggested doesn't rely on a keen
> edge. *Those type of scoops rely on the *hot knife through butter*
> principle, their mass holds sufficient heat to easily slice through
> ice cream... and they should be rinsed between scooping with
> relatively warm water (room temperature) to "recharge". *Some of those
> scoops have a large hollow handle that's filled with a solution that
> readily absorbs the heat from ones hand, typically antimony. *Grinding
> that type of scoop turns it into trash... its dull edge is
> specifically designed for maximum surface contact with ice cream. *You
> refined nothing... there is nothing refined about you. * * *

==
Good information...except...you didn't need the last line. Why do you
have to demean everyone with that little nastiness of yours? Must be
habit I guess.
==

Roy <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Feb 17, 12:11 pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>> On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:47:51 -0800, "Bob Terwilliger"
>>
>> <virtualgoth@die_spammer.biz> wrote:
>>> Dimitri wrote:
>>
>>>> Use an Ice Cream scoop.
>>
>>>> Solid metal without the release mechanism.
>>
>>>> Like this.
>>
>>>> http://www.target.com/Norpro-Aqua-Sc.../dp/B000TD0R3I
>>
>>> To refine this a bit: Use a grindstone or whetstone to sharpen the top edge
>>> of the scoop. It'll help with ice cream, too.
>>
>> Those scoops are of cheap pot metal. It's impossible to grind pot
>> metal (the metal will smear and load the grind stone rendering it
>> useless). Even were it aluminum it would be difficult to grind dry
>> too, would require a specially pourous wheel flooded with a suitable
>> lubricating coolant and would need to be a tempered aluminum, soft
>> aluminum grinds like pot metal... to shape non ferrous metals use an
>> appropriate grit disk sander or for a better finish a machinists file
>> configured for aluminum. But if a keener edge is required it's much
>> simpler to use a tablespoon for squash (or a paddle for ice cream).
>> That style of ice cream scoop Dimitri suggested doesn't rely on a keen
>> edge. Those type of scoops rely on the *hot knife through butter*
>> principle, their mass holds sufficient heat to easily slice through
>> ice cream... and they should be rinsed between scooping with
>> relatively warm water (room temperature) to "recharge". Some of those
>> scoops have a large hollow handle that's filled with a solution that
>> readily absorbs the heat from ones hand, typically antimony. Grinding
>> that type of scoop turns it into trash... its dull edge is
>> specifically designed for maximum surface contact with ice cream. You
>> refined nothing... there is nothing refined about you.
>
> =Good information...except...you didn't need the last line. Why do you
> have to demean everyone with that little nastiness of yours? Must be
> habit I guess.
> =

I thought it was funny, learn from the master and apply the insults to
others
A good phrase to use on bad date.

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Clueless AOL newbie Sheldon "Pussy" Katz blathered:

>>> Use an Ice Cream scoop.
>>>
>>> Solid metal without the release mechanism.
>>>
>>> Like this.
>>>
>>> http://www.target.com/Norpro-Aqua-Sc.../dp/B000TD0R3I
>>
>> To refine this a bit: Use a grindstone or whetstone to sharpen the top
>> edge of the scoop. It'll help with ice cream, too.
>
> Those scoops are of cheap pot metal. It's impossible to grind pot
> metal (the metal will smear and load the grind stone rendering it
> useless).

Bull****. You're a ****ing clueless idiot. It works FINE, dumbass. You've
never tried it you're just an ignorant ****head with delusions of literacy.
I have actually DONE what I wrote, so I KNOW that it works.

Now go back to sucking your Vienna sausage and leave the discussion here to
people who actually COOK.

Bob

In article <ijh85k$fo8$[email protected]>,
"Dimitri" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Use an Ice Cream scoop.
>
> Solid metal without the release mechanism.
>
> Like this.
>
> http://www.target.com/Norpro-Aqua-Sc.../dp/B000TD0R3I
>
> Dimitri

ok

In article <[email protected]>,
Bull <[email protected]> wrote:

> In article <ijh85k$fo8$[email protected]>,
> "Dimitri" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Use an Ice Cream scoop.
> >
> > Solid metal without the release mechanism.
> >
> > Like this.
> >
> > http://www.target.com/Norpro-Aqua-Sc.../dp/B000TD0R3I
> >
> > Dimitri
>
> ok

Geeze. I just use an ordinary spoon... Why is cleaning the seeds out of
winter squash a big deal? Quit making cooking so complicated. ;-) It's
not.
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On 18/02/2011 3:45 PM, Omelet wrote:

>> ok
>
> Geeze. I just use an ordinary spoon... Why is cleaning the seeds out of
> winter squash a big deal? Quit making cooking so complicated. ;-) It's
> not.

I have been wondering about that too. I have had some squashes that we
hard to cut, but cleaning out the seeds was never much of an issue. I
just needed a good firm spoon.

On Feb 18, 2:02*pm, Dave Smith <adavid.sm...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> On 18/02/2011 3:45 PM, Omelet wrote:
>
> >> ok
>
> > Geeze. *I just use an ordinary spoon... Why is cleaning the seeds outof
> > winter squash a big deal? *Quit making cooking so complicated. ;-) *It's
> > not.
>
> I have been wondering about that too. I have had some squashes that we
> hard to cut, but cleaning out the seeds was never much of an issue. I
> just needed a good firm spoon.

==
Khrist, I've used my hands to get the bulk of them out...in fact
that's the first procedure.
==

In article <N7B7p.120938$[email protected] >,
Dave Smith <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 18/02/2011 3:45 PM, Omelet wrote:
>
> >> ok
> >
> > Geeze. I just use an ordinary spoon... Why is cleaning the seeds out of
> > winter squash a big deal? Quit making cooking so complicated. ;-) It's
> > not.
>
> I have been wondering about that too. I have had some squashes that we
> hard to cut, but cleaning out the seeds was never much of an issue. I
> just needed a good firm spoon.

'zactly. ;-)
--
Peace! Om

Web Albums: <http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmelet>
"One man's theology is another man's belly laugh."
--Robert Heinlien

In article
<[email protected]>,
Roy <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Feb 18, 2:02*pm, Dave Smith <adavid.sm...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> > On 18/02/2011 3:45 PM, Omelet wrote:
> >
> > >> ok
> >
> > > Geeze. *I just use an ordinary spoon... Why is cleaning the seeds out of
> > > winter squash a big deal? *Quit making cooking so complicated. ;-) *It's
> > > not.
> >
> > I have been wondering about that too. I have had some squashes that we
> > hard to cut, but cleaning out the seeds was never much of an issue. I
> > just needed a good firm spoon.
>
> ==
> Khrist, I've used my hands to get the bulk of them out...in fact
> that's the first procedure.
> ==

<laughs> Only if it's a really BIG squash like a Hubbard!!!
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"Dave Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:N7B7p.120938$[email protected] .com...
> On 18/02/2011 3:45 PM, Omelet wrote:
>
>>> ok
>>
>> Geeze. I just use an ordinary spoon... Why is cleaning the seeds out of
>> winter squash a big deal? Quit making cooking so complicated. ;-) It's
>> not.
>
> I have been wondering about that too. I have had some squashes that we
> hard to cut, but cleaning out the seeds was never much of an issue. I just
> needed a good firm spoon.
>

Hard to cut requires a cleaver. Scooping out seeds is no big deal. A spoon
works perfectly fine.

Jill

Omelet wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> , Omelet wrote:
>>>
>>> Geeze. I just use an ordinary spoon... Why is cleaning the seeds
>>> out of winter squash a big deal? Quit making cooking so
>>> complicated. ;-) It's not.
>>
>> I have been wondering about that too. I have had some squashes that
>> we hard to cut, but cleaning out the seeds was never much of an
>> issue. I just needed a good firm spoon.
>
> 'zactly. ;-)

I zap a winter squash in the microwave for about five minutes or more,
after piercing with a fork. Makes cutting it so much easier.