Squash

[Gypsy]

Originally posted by lrd
(NDD -- did they miss it completely?)

D'oh now I see! That's what I get for not using my reading glasses.

[NousDefionsDoc]

Ok, let's get serious. There's a new Mod for this forum and he might be tough. LOL

Squash.

What they did was slice it and soak it in butter milk, then saute with onion in a little butter (not margarine) until a nice golden brown. Then add a little water and cover and let it finish cooking au vapor. Didn't peel it, just knock off the ugly parts.

Delicious!

[lrd]

Here you go, copied directly from her own hand:

Great-Aunt Vera's Prize-Winning Squash Parmesan

8 medium yellow squash, sliced
1 med-lg onion, coarsely chopped
2 slices of bread or toast
1/2 cup milk (buttermilk is best, but sweet milk will do)
3/4 cup grated cheddar cheese
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons butter
1 egg
pepper and paprika to taste
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
6 soda crackers

Combine squash & onion in a small amount of water, cover, and cook until barely half done. Drain, reserving liquor. Soak bread in the liguor.

Mash together squash, onion, and bread. Add milk, salt, egg, cheddar cheese, butter, pepper and paprika. If mixture is too soupy, add 2-3 crushed crackers.

Pour into greased shallow baking dish and sprinkle liberally with parmesan cheese. Top with buttered crushed cracker crumbs, and bake at 375 F for about 45 minutes, until brown and slightly dry.


Aunt Vera gave this to me after I gave her a copy of one of my first recipes: Orange Milk.

Shake together 1/2 cup orange juice, 1/2 cup milk, a drop of vanilla extract, and a bit of sugar.



BTW...I never did get her to tell me what prize she won.

[Gypsy]

lrd, that sounds fabulous. What is sweet milk, is that like condensed milk in the can?

[NousDefionsDoc]

Originally posted by Gypsy
What is sweet milk, is that like condensed milk in the can?

Yankee LOL

[Gypsy]

Originally posted by NousDefionsDoc
Yankee LOL

MOOOODDDDD!!!!

Yep 'tis true I'm a proud Damn Yankee! But I'm Southern by association, doesn't that count at all?

[lrd]

Originally posted by Gypsy
lrd, that sounds fabulous. What is sweet milk, is that like condensed milk in the can?

Gypsy, darlin'...I think we need to get you away from Chicago for a bit.

Sweet milk is what you find in the plastic jugs at the grocery store.

[Polar Bear]

Originally posted by lrd
PB,

Do you peel the squash before you grate it?

No Peeling

[Gypsy]

Originally posted by lrd
Gypsy, darlin'...I think we need to get you away from Chicago for a bit.

Sweet milk is what you find in the plastic jugs at the grocery store.

We're working on that!

Hmm I'll have to check the local grocery to see if we have it in heathen country. LOL

[lrd]

Originally posted by Gypsy
We're working on that!

Hmm I'll have to check the local grocery to see if we have it in heathen country. LOL

They had it in southern Illinois when I lived there. lol

I rarely bake with sweet milk. Buttermilk is made from skim milk, so is lowfat, but has a richer flavor than sweet milk. One note though: buttermilk has a higher amount of lactic acid, if you're senstive.

Pssssssst ! Gypsy - I would have had to ask the same thing about "sweet milk". I think it must be a southern thing. Up here, milk is milk, and anything with an adjective in front of it is not plain old milk. But that's just in these parts

RC

[lrd]

Originally posted by Roycroft201
Pssssssst ! Gypsy - I would have had to ask the same thing about "sweet milk". I think it must be a southern thing. Up here, milk is milk, and anything with an adjective in front of it is not plain old milk. But that's just in these parts

RC

Let me put it another way, ladies: originally, butter milk was what you had after the butter was churned out. (Get it? the butter milk?)

I know folks who won't drink sweet milk, but they'll use it to cook. I'm of the other persuasion...

(Is this like the grits thing...are you all deliberately misunderstanding? )