Fried Butternut Squash

[@RevRedmondFarrier]

I had never tasted butternut squash but I work in a produce dept. and when one went bad I saved the seeds, took them home and planted them. I just fried and ate my first one moments ago. The ones I grew are about half the size as what you find in the store so it was much easier to prep. I sliced it and brushed it with grease to make the salt, pepper, and garlic powder stick to it, then fried it up as you did here. Well, after having my first taste, I think I will be growing a MUCH larger patch of them next year!

[@PrepperPotpourri]

Glad you liked it

[@1983lawless]

Thanks ma'am I will be trying that I'm cooking butternut squash for the first time today!!

[@PrepperPotpourri]

I hope you enjoyed your squash.

[@robertfunk2796]

nice job....excellent alternative method to cook squash

[@renujayajaya]

You’re awesome!!! This is the first video I saw with frying squash😃 Thanks and blessings to your mom too!

[@PrepperPotpourri]

Thank you! You too!

[@jeannettewilliams6086]

I appreciate your simple recipes. You've also been my go-to for using Jerusalem artichoke. I just pulled up a bunch (my first year growing) and hope to do a few things with it today. I pulled a few up a couple months ago and fermented it. Yum! I didn't see what to do to decrease the inulin - somewhere I read that you boil it twice, but you don't say what you do. I'll try mashed sunchokes boiled in two changes of water and see how that goes! I'll also try dehydrating. I've tried frying them before, much like this recipe, and they were quite good. Thanks again!

[@PrepperPotpourri]

I'll have more recipes next fall for sunchokes

[@peggypease3267]

Fermented butternut squash…hmmm, maybe. Thanks for taking the plunge into fermentation. I’m still trying to master saurkraut. Love all the great recipes and collaborators for Fermented February and all of the inspiration

[@pipercdefgabc2005]

Thank you

[@WoolyTresses]

This is how I'm going to do mine this afternoon. Looks delicious 😋

[@kimfella4770]

I have always cubed mine and baked it with some sprayed coconut oil and sprinkled cajun spices, then drizzle with some homemade ceasar dressing. I like mine blackened. I'm going to fry some right now in coconut oil and see how that goes. Thank you for sharing! I started this comment asking if you eat the skin but you addressed that in the end of the video. I wonder how many people eat the skin??

[@PrepperPotpourri]

I have eaten some pieces of skin by mistake and they don't taste bad...kind of like crisp. Your recipe is interesting too. I hope you like the pan fried squash.

[@southpawbushcraft7522]

I never fried it I am going to have to try this I love squash! Thanks for sharing!

[@PrepperPotpourri]

+SouthPaw Bushcraft Let me know how you liked it when you give it a try

[@Laura32562]

Thankyou for this great idea, I am looking for some different ways of preparing food from the garden this summer.

[@PrepperPotpourri]

+Laura Pelkey I think you will really enjoy it. Best of luck with your garden.

[@mtrullinger7633]

Will try it !

[@radamson1]

I have an abundance of butternut squash and have run out of ways to use it. This sounds great I think I am going to try this thanks!

[@PrepperPotpourri]

Hope you enjoy

[@radamson1]

@@PrepperPotpourri I really hate to say I didn't. It wasn't bad but neither was it good. I absolutely love fried squash but butternut is a different animal with very little taste of its own. The only way I have found to enjoy it is to make french fries out of it and cover it with salt and ketchup.

[@PrepperPotpourri]

@@radamson1 It has to be ripe to have a good flavor. I only make it in the Fall.

[@radamson1]

@@PrepperPotpourri That may be what I'm doing wrong. I'll try again. Thanks for the tip. I really want to like it and I will continue to store it for emergency rationing.

[@shellywelker6118]

I've not tried fried butternut squash! Looks like something I'll have to give a shot :) Thanks PP!

[@PrepperPotpourri]

+Shelly Welker It is really good (as long as the squash is ripe).

[@GrumpyGenXGramps]

THIS is how you eat butternut squash!! Like my Granma used to make! Southern Country cooking doesn’t add all the other frew frew ingredients like feta cheese and artichoke! Just fried in butter or bacon grease and served with fried chicken or smoked pork chops, some corn on the cob and a big cat head biscuit!

[@PrepperPotpourri]

Yes, I make it just like my Mom did and her Mom did. It is delicious.

[@RoguePreparedness]

Mmmm! Yuuuum! You made it exactly how I make it. I usually cut it up into chunks, but just frying big pieces looks yum.

[@PrepperPotpourri]

+Armed Rogue It is so good this way compared to the "mashed" version most people make.

[@ssubramanian605]

Looks good.

[@donberry6079]

Looks great! I must try this. Easier than using a blender. Thanks for not pouring a bunch of syrup on the food.

[@PetPrepper]

Looks soooo good, thank you

[@PrepperPotpourri]

+PetPrepper Sometimes my son and I just make a meal out of eating only this fried quash. I'm glad you are making videos again. I always learn something from your videos.

[@srg6532]

I recently tried a late squash, prior to watching your video. I made it nearly like you had done but i added a little oil with my butter. I also ate the skin. Everything was excellent! So much is handed down and most people use steps to remove the skin. I like having simplicity and the added nutritional value. What I'm trying to find now is grinding the seeded squash up and putting it raw in jars to can it. I am hoping to prevent loss of nutritional value thru unnecessary heating and the loss of taste from adding water during canning. I'd like to make something I can pour out of the jar, put in microwave and then pour over my ice cream. It can either have salt, pepper and butter, as in your recipe or pumpkin spice. The pumpkin spice could also be canned with the squash. I wouldn't be canning the butter with the squash in the first recipe.

[@PrepperPotpourri]

I don't believe canning ground squash is considered safe by the National Preservation Center.

[@NathansFerroceriumrods1]

They look good. I have tried butternut squash but steamed.

[@PrepperPotpourri]

+Nathan4071 It really tastes good this way. I hope you try it.

[@seamoreplant]

Finally a simple method of cooking butternut squash! Fry it in butter and salt and pepper, and voila!

[@PrepperPotpourri]

So good!

[@christophersmith9476]

Thanks for the video was my first time!!

[@bolo863]

Do you think it'll fry faster if it is par boiled first?

[@PrepperPotpourri]

Maybe. I never tried that

[@yesitsme2053]

Can I used the same recipe for a soup ?

[@SurvivalGearReview]

i love any type of butternut squash

[@PrepperPotpourri]

+Survival Gear Review My family loves squash too

[@phyllismulkey3778]

yum that looks good .

[@PrepperPotpourri]

+phyllis mulkey It is. I wish I had some to eat right now :)

[@dhitoaria5521]

Hello mam, you make a really good videos. I would like to ask, how much heat do you use while you cook the pumpkin low, medium, or high?

[@PrepperPotpourri]

Medium

[@laurigraves3660]

YUM !!❤

[@davidconner5680]

I love it

[@PrepperPotpourri]

It was of our favorite veggies

[@pushpamalhotra8603]

Thank you will make it tomorrow 😂❤️

[@MrOldclunker]

I like butternut squash but they are harder than a brick. LOL I never fried them and will have to try this out. They also last for months and months after harvest.

[@PrepperPotpourri]

+MrOldclunker Yes, I really have problems cutting them in even slices.

[@MilaVinokur]

What about skin?

[@PrepperPotpourri]

Some people eat the skin too. I take mine off before eating.

[@gailreese4699]

Ok now I will have to see how to save butternut squash.

[@raquelembleton6902]

Do u eat the skin

[@PrepperPotpourri]

I don't but you can. It gets nice and crunchy.

[@JusBurninItDownSmothers]

I cut mine in half bake it in the oven with olive oil then use it as spaghetti noodles!

[@PrepperPotpourri]

+JusBurninItDown Smothers Are you sure you aren't thinking about spaghetti squash? Butternut squash is more solid and nigh stringy.

[@JusBurninItDownSmothers]

+Prepper Potpourri you are correct I'm sorry I got cornfused lol

[@PrepperPotpourri]

No problem. I have yet to try a spaghetti squash. Your way sounds good.

[@JusBurninItDownSmothers]

+Prepper Potpourri it's very good sometimes I even cut up cabbage and sautee it and use it in place of spaghetti noodles for our spaghetti it taste great and it's heathy for you!

[@raquelembleton6902]

Oh I ate a bit other day that's why i asked and then I watched ur vid till end where u said u remove skin before eating lol...did u know u can eat the skin of a kiwi fruit

[@PrepperPotpourri]

I did not know that. Sure wold make it easier than peeling a kiwi fruit.

[@silviajannetta2928]

You should really scrub the outside of your pan seeing your video is on KZbin for many people to watch.

[@trueholyoak5273]

Thank you