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Stewed Squash

Stewed squash is a simple dish of squash cooked in water with salt and butter.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Stewed Squash

Oven, in the book's wordsA quick oven

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Pare the squash and cut it into pieces.

  2. Place the squash in a pot with enough water to cover it.

  3. Add salt to taste and a small amount of butter.

Cook and serve

  1. Cook until the squash is tender, about 20 minutes.

  2. Drain and serve warm.

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.

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What each ingredient does

Squash
Forms the main body of the dish, softening into a tender, spoonable texture as it cooks.
Butter
Adds richness and a smooth mouthfeel to the cooked squash.

“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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