When you can your winter squash do you do the ‘chunk’ thing?
We have not harvest our Butternut squash yet here in MA, but as the temp is sppsd to hit 32F nect week a couple times then it seems about time. I read that you should just leave them on the vine until the first frost, as they get sweeter and last longer in storage that way.
In cool not freezing weather they should not rot on the vine any more than in cool airy storage indoors. We have kept some over 6 months and they were still fine. Leave greenish ones in the sun indoors after. . picking for a while.
I don’t know. Do I? LOL! I’ve never canned squash before, so I’m just looking up ways to do it. I thought I would just cook it down to mush, then water-bath can it in quart jars. I don’t want to freeze it because our two chest freezers and one smaller freezer are full of fish and wild game (bear, venison, elk and wild hog) and 1/2 a beef steer! (D@mn that Successful Hunter Man-o-Mine, LOL!)
We LOVE winter squashes cut into 1” or so pieces, then baked on a parchment-line cookie sheet with EVOO, S & P and garlic. By FAR our favorite side dish.
I want to can some as you can use squash in place of oil in baking, much as you do apple sauce; equal amounts. And, of course, Pumpkin Waffles, Pumpkin Sauce over Pasta, Muffins, Breads, etc. Lots of yummy ways to use it. :)