Butternut squash and it’s cousins

cheesefest · 7 Oct 2021 at 18:26

We had seedless grapes for years. So why hasn’t anyone created seedless squashes? Love BNS but the seeds and sticky membrane stuff is tricky to get rid of.

Plus able to enjoy about 100-150g of extra squash.

Does anyone have any idea of how to get rid of the membrane stuff? I use a teaspoon and still bits there.

SoliD · 7 Oct 2021 at 21:30

cheesefest said:
We had seedless grapes for years. So why hasn’t anyone created seedless squashes? Love BNS but the seeds and sticky membrane stuff is tricky to get rid of.

Plus able to enjoy about 100-150g of extra squash.

Does anyone have any idea of how to get rid of the membrane stuff? I use a teaspoon and still bits there.

Seeds are brilliant, cut bottom half into 4 and pull them out with a fork, then chuck all the seeds into a pan with some olive oil, bit of salt and pepper and roast until dried out.

200sols · 8 Oct 2021 at 09:35

How would they grow more squashes if you removed the seeds?

dlockers · 8 Oct 2021 at 10:21

200sols said:
How would they grow more squashes if you removed the seeds?

The same way cavendish bananas and seedless grapes have been grown for decades presumably.

200sols · 8 Oct 2021 at 10:30

dLockers said:
The same way cavendish bananas and seedless grapes have been grown for decades presumably.

Grapes are taken by cutting normally anyway, squash plants are quite different, the plant has to grow from seed.

dlockers · 8 Oct 2021 at 10:34

200sols said:
Grapes are taken by cutting normally anyway, squash plants are quite different, the plant has to grow from seed.

Interesting.

On Googling, someone replied to a newspaper article on 14th March 1908 saying you can trick them to be seedless:
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PRP19080314.2.17.1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1

Edit: I wonder if the national wood pipe company are still doing a roaring trade.

jpaul · 10 Oct 2021 at 21:57

seed free - in preparation for halloween butternut~~pumpkin~~ pie

sorry kids no sweets, the supermarket shelves are bare - a piece of pumpkin pie ?

genuine pumpkins are a bit of waste of resources, I've never cooked up the scooped out interior, but apparently, not very tasty -
if Aldi was selling a massive butternut on the other hand ...

WillyNelson · 1 Nov 2021 at 17:01

An ordinary table spoon works for me to scrape out the seeds & membrane. Just quarter to make it easier. If you can get under the membrane to scoop it off instead of scraping at it, it should be easier.

Roast BNS with beetroot & pork chops (or sausages) is a winter favorite in our house. And it makes an excellent soup, either with chili and some coconut milk, or with ginger and sage are my favourites.

robfosters · 1 Nov 2021 at 20:06

Butternut squash soup is banging!

jpaul · 1 Nov 2021 at 20:54

Interesting bbc podcast today talking about potential improved flavour butter nut varieties (The culinary breeding network),
with GMO manipulation we can do outside Europe - finally the brexit benefit.
In the meantime will be looking for Rogosa Violina Gioia variety which has a wrinled skin - reward offered.

WillyNelson · 2 Nov 2021 at 09:34

jpaul said:
In the meantime will be looking for Rogosa Violina Gioia variety which has a wrinled skin - reward offered.

Got a garden? They're a piece of the proverbial to grow.