Thread: squash with small scratches

On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:11:21 -0400, "Somebody"
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Got a nice sized yellow squash from the garden, but it has small scratches
> on one side. Think it's still safe to eat? Don't seem to have broken the
> surface much. Must have been the chipmunk or some small critter?
>
I think critters are part of the hazards of growing your own. Don't
be so squeamish! Wash it and eat it or make it into compost.

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> On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:11:21 -0400, "Somebody"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Got a nice sized yellow squash from the garden, but it has small
>> scratches
>> on one side. Think it's still safe to eat? Don't seem to have broken
>> the
>> surface much. Must have been the chipmunk or some small critter?
>>
> I think critters are part of the hazards of growing your own. Don't
> be so squeamish! Wash it and eat it or make it into compost.


The critter? I would love to! They are hard to catch though.

"Somebody" wrote:
>
> Got a nice sized yellow squash from the garden, but it has small scratches
> on one side. Think it's still safe to eat? Don't seem to have broken the
> surface much. Must have been the chipmunk or some small critter?

Perfectly safe... probably a slug/snail trail... that's how they feed
and then the squash skin heals like tree bark, leaving a scar.
Whenever you find your produce with signs of creepy crawlies and
especially inside and they are still alive it just proves that your
produce is more organic than that perfect organic produce at the
market. Unless you use chemferts nearly everything in a home garden
will have critter witness marks... those who are paying double for
their *perfect* organic produce are friggin' imbeciles. There is no
such thing as organic foods, this planet has long ago ceased being
organic... you're not organic. Anyone thinks those so called organic
farmers ain't using chemical insecticides/fertilizers has their head
up their rectum.

Somebody wrote:
>
> Got a nice sized yellow squash from the garden, but it has small scratches
> on one side. Think it's still safe to eat? Don't seem to have broken the
> surface much. Must have been the chipmunk or some small critter?

I think those marks are from what side was on the ground when growing.
Or maybe from the harvesting machine. A rodent would have bitten all
the way through the skin.

On Jun 22, 7:11*pm, "Somebody" <tom.ungvar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Got a nice sized yellow squash from the garden, but it has small scratches
> on one side. *Think it's still safe to eat? *Don't seem to have broken the
> surface much. *Must have been the chipmunk or some small critter?
>
>
If you want nice tender squash, choose the small size. The large
tastes ok, just a bit tough.