To this day (50 some years later) I remember gagging….whining…..complaining….shoving it around my plate to avoid eating it….when Mom served baked acorn squash. She would cut it half, sprinkle it with brown sugar and butter, and bake it.
I hated it.
So, when I saw acorn squash in the grocery this week, at a good price….I opined to myself that it was my immaturity that caused me to dislike it as a child. My tastebuds were surely not sophisticated enough. So, I bought two.
We roasted them tonight….sprinkled with brown sugar and butter.
Guess what! I still hate them…..
Back to potatoes and rice for my unsophisticated palate…….
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