"Jayne" pushed briefly to the front of the
queue on Wed, 14 May 2003 09:53:05 +0000 (UTC), and nailed this to the
shed door:

^ You should try them roasted - cut them lengthways into 4, scoop out the
^ seeds, sprinkle with olive oil & roast at 180C for about 1/2 hour or so.

You mean naked? (Yes, the squash, not the chef). Only I'm still trying
to do one at the moment - I cut it in half to deseed it, filled the
little cavity with a few sliced fried mushrooms, reassembled and
wrapped it in silver foil, and put it in the oven in a dish at 180C...

45 minutes later, it's hot, but still completely uncooked.

^ Delicious with lamb dishes. Also great on the BBQ - cut in half, de-seed,
^ oil & season (you can stuff them with tomatoes etc if you like), wrap in
^ foil & bake.

Breaking news - After 2 and a quarter hours, it was definitely cooked.
Over-cooked, actually. But not terribly overcooked. So I reckon maybe
an hour and a half compared to your half an hour. Hard to believe that
the difference in the two ways of presenting the squash in the oven
can account for a factor of three in cooking time - did you really
mean half an hour?

Andy

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