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In praise of Spaghetti Squash

 
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Just popping on to hark the herald for Spaghetti Squash...one little dude I grew in September lasted all winter in my basement which is definitely not root cellar quality, just ate it last night and it was still good!!!
 
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I like a good spaghetti squash better than spaghetti. I also love food staples that can be preserved in cool storage without much preparation, always such a big win.
 
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Another example of the superior quality of home grown vine ripened food!
My butternut squashes store very well too, only the very top inch is starting to dry up a bit inside. When  I bought one from the big box store for comparison back in April, almost the entire neck was exhaused and spongy. I didn't take pictures of that squash but I don't feel like wasting money buying another as I still have dozens in storage.
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Butternut squash after 9 months in storage at rm mostly solid
Butternut squash after 9 months in storage at rm mostly solid
 
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I have a crate under a table in the kitchen with ~5 spaghetti squash that I harvested in fall of '22. I should crack one open to see if they're edible. They haven't turned to soup and leaked out onto the floor the way maxima squash do when they go bad.
 
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Mine do pretty good until the very end of winter, very early part of spring. I notice that when they do go bad finally, I can cut one open and the seeds will actually be sprouting inside the squash.
 
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