Yeah, we have about half woods, half field. The woods are mostly hardwoods: lots of oak, some maple, elm, hickory, cherry, and walnut. Some poplar too, and we've planted some pines and firs.
I'm not a fan of mushrooms, but I like to hunt for them! My mom said that was the best kind of kid to have. :gig We used to look for them every May.
I haven't found any on our property in a couple years. The last time they were here, though, they were HUGE!
This is why I grow butternut. The neck is solid squash, and there's a lot of it. I can scrape out the cavity and get that part of it too, if I want. If I have 12 starting-to-rot squash, I can cut the cavity part in half and throw it in the freezer as is, for chicken treats later on. The neck has...
Late last winter, my butternut squash was starting to spoil, so I cooked all the still good stuff to put into pint jars and freeze. It did take a while, but if I'd had to bake them all, I would have not bothered and just chucked them. So the Instant Pot saved the day, and I have a few pints of...
The smell? Um... no. The duck eggs gave me really obnoxious gas. :sick :oops: Food in general gives me gas, but this was bad.
For Instant Pot butternut squash:
Cut the squash into chunks. (Mine are 1" to 1.5" chunks.) Put them in a steamer basket sitting on the trivet/lifter rack thingie that...
The foil covered pan with water was the only way I ever cooked butternut squash. Until I got an Instant Pot. :oops: I do like brown sugar on mine... until about December when some of the starch converts to sugar and they get sweet on their own.
Re: duck eggs... Someone I used to work with...