Basic Golden Nugget Squash Preparation

Name: Basic Golden Nugget Squash Preparation
Yield: Allow 1 squash per person
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: butter; salt; stuffing; bread cubes; dried fruit; squash; squash; water; vegetables; pearl onions; chestnuts; peas; vegetable

Preparation info

Allow
1
squash per person

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Uncommon Fruits & Vegetables

By Elizabeth Schneider

Published 1986

About

Golden nugget, however diminutive, resists cleaving before cooking. Thus, there is not much choice but to cook it whole. If large, halve the squash after cooking and serve ½ per person.

Method

Bake at 350 degrees for about ¾-1 hour, being sure that the pulp is really soft when you poke a toothpick in. (The hard carapace gets crisp-hard, resembling a gleaming lacquerware basket, and makes a handsome presentation.) Cut off the