How the heck to cut through a giant squash?

[Imzadi]

Yes, you can cook it whole. Just stab it a few times so it doesn't explode. I'ved baked butternut squash whole before, not a 13 pounder though.

If she could stab through it, then she'd also be able to cut it up. Part of the problem of a hard squash is getting though that shell. You have something hard, it's round or uneven so you have no flat surface to set in a knife point. You get afraid the knife is going to slide off or the squash will roll and the knife slides because of that.

 

[DVC Sadie]

On "As The World Turns", they always have a giant hubbard squash at the Snyder farm on Thanksgiving.. The Snyder men cut it with a saw - LOL..

Just a soap opera, but who knows?

C. Ann, don't laugh but my dh has used saws on frozen foods and giant squash with no problems. Shoot, he even has two different blades for his saw, one for meat and one for produce.

 

[Mermaid02]

C. Ann, don't laugh but my dh has used saws on frozen foods and giant squash with no problems. Shoot, he even has two different blades for his saw, one for meat and one for produce.

EXACTLY it's merely art imitating life..........

 

[Imzadi]

C. Ann, don't laugh but my dh has used saws on frozen foods and giant squash with no problems. Shoot, he even has two different blades for his saw, one for meat and one for produce.

Hmmm, I recently bought one of those Multimaster occilating saws that aren't supposed to cut through skin. I wonder if it would go though a spaghetti squash? This way, I won't have to worry about taking off an arm if the squash rolls away while being cut. It would be great to have spaghetti squash again. I loved it.

There are so many ways to have it and it's so good for you, with vitamins & fiber. I used to have it with tomato sauce, pesto another time, then butter and parmesian cheese another night.

 

[DVC Sadie]

EXACTLY it's merely art imitating life..........

My mother use to tell me; "necessity was the mother of invention" and it is so true.

My dh needed to cut (saw) through one of those tubes of ground beef that we had forgotten to pull from the freezer the night before our cook out. That was the first time he tried the saw on food and now he won't go back to the old way of hand shaping patties.

 

[Imzadi]

My mother use to tell me; "necessity was the mother of invention" and it is so true.

My dh needed to cut (saw) through one of those tubes of ground beef that we had forgotten to pull from the freezer the night before our cook out. That was the first time he tried the saw on food and now he won't go back to the old way of hand shaping patties.

Hmmm, hand-sawed patties just does not sound appetizing.

 

[DVC Sadie]

Hmmm, hand-sawed patties just does not sound appetizing.

It is scary sounding but everyone loves them.

 

[DVC Sadie]

Hmmm, I recently bought one of those Multimaster occilating saws that aren't supposed to cut through skin. I wonder if it would go though a spaghetti squash? This way, I won't have to worry about taking off an arm if the squash rolls away while being cut. It would be great to have spaghetti squash again. I loved it.

There are so many ways to have it and it's so good for you, with vitamins & fiber. I used to have it with tomato sauce, pesto another time, then butter and parmesian cheese another night.

If I had to use a saw on a 13lb squash I think I would get a clean piece of square plywood, cover it in Saran wrap and hammer a clean, new nail into the middle of the board. I would then pound the squash on the nail and proceed to saw.

I love spaghetti squash and could eat it just the way you described except for the butter. I have used olive oil, scallions and parmesan cheese. Yummm

 

[golfgal]

I am planning on using my jigsaw to carve our huge pumpkin this year-the same would work for your squash I bet.

 

[snarlingcoyote]

I say buy a small hacksaw with spare blades or a handsaw send it through the dishwasher and use that, then keep it in the kitchen for similar situations.

Otherwise, I second the idea of a jigsaw. I'd wash the blade well, maybe run it through the dishwasher first .

 

[C.Ann]

C. Ann, don't laugh but my dh has used saws on frozen foods and giant squash with no problems. Shoot, he even has two different blades for his saw, one for meat and one for produce.

Hey - whatever works! I once used an electric knife to cut through styrofoam because it was the only thing that would give me a nice even cut..

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

My mom grows hubbard squash and she just throws it down on the stone hearth in the kitchen. Or on the back step. And yes I said throw, straight down. Don't just drop it, it needs the force to crack. It's quite entertaining!

 

[Imzadi]

Hey - whatever works! I once used an electric knife to cut through styrofoam because it was the only thing that would give me a nice even cut..

An electric knife works great on memory foam, too. I once got a larger size memory foam pad than my bed needed and cut off the excess so that I could get a few throw pillows out of it. The larger memory pad was only a few dollars more, vs, the price of each individual pillow.

 

[Lanshark]

What does one do with a giant squash? I guess I've been playing Plants VS Zombies too much lately because I picture a giant squash squishing a zombie.

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

My mom grows hubbard squash and she just throws it down on the stone hearth in the kitchen. Or on the back step. And yes I said throw, straight down. Don't just drop it, it needs the force to crack. It's quite entertaining!

This sounds like the best idea. dinner and a show!

Is Hubbard that greenish/gray large bumpy squash? What does it taste like-it's a winter squash, right?

I love butternut and acorn, cut in half, baked with butter, brown sugar and bacon in the hole.

 

[Sheree Bobbins]

Okay, everybody. First, thank-you for all your suggestions, especially the one likened to curling, throwing the squash down the hearth.

I weighed in on all the decisions, and even though I would have like some raw squash, I decided the best course of action was to cook the thing whole, like I would a turkey. It's baking as we speak.

This seemed the safest route. All this talk of knives and saws is out of my league though a chain-saw did sound plausible.

If it's ready by dinner, we're having Indian butter chicken and squash for supper.

No telling what type of squash, but squash none-the-less.

 

[Imzadi]

If you couldn't poke into it before cooking it, make sure you poke a few steam vent holes AS it cooks and gets softer. You wouldn't want 13 lbs of exploded squash all over the oven.

 

[Sheree Bobbins]

Why would it explode if it's not in a microwave oven?

 

[Imzadi]

Why would it explode if it's not in a microwave oven?

It's totally enclosed. The steam from the moisture inside the squash might build up while it's cooking. Once the skin gets soft enough, the internal pressure from the steam may explode it.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

This sounds like the best idea. dinner and a show!

Is Hubbard that greenish/gray large bumpy squash? What does it taste like-it's a winter squash, right?

I love butternut and acorn, cut in half, baked with butter, brown sugar and bacon in the hole.

yes, hubbard is the greenish grey lumpy squash. It is a winter squash.

It tastes like butternut to me. DH says it doesn't, guess it depends on the palate. LOL It's not a sweet though.

I love summer squash, butternut, and acorn. Acorn is the best!