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Summer Squash

Mashed summer squash cooked in salted water, drained, and seasoned.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Summer Squash

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash and cut the squash into small pieces.

Cook and drain

  1. Cook in boiling salted water or steam until tender.

  2. Remove to a piece of cheesecloth and squeeze until dry.

Finish

  1. Mash the squash and season to taste.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Summer squash
Forms the main body of the dish and carries its flavor and moisture.

The step that matters

Squeezing the squash dry. Summer squash holds a lot of water, and removing it in cheesecloth keeps the mash from turning thin and watery.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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