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IronNoggin
07-30-2010, 03:12 PM
Two nights in a row, The Clan has gathered to celebrate Life once again!
The first eve was your standard rotisseried moose roast, which went off rather well..
Then, in the chat that followed, we began to discuss a rather strange (to me anyway) occurrence in my garden this year. Last fall I received a handful of Acorn Squash from the RoadMaster. They were YUMMY, so I saved the seeds from a few, and then planted them this spring. Noticed a couple weeks ago, one of the plants was already bearing some product, but it certainly looked strange to me. Eventually the damn thing developed into a large zucchini. Yuck, I really don't like them much... Weird, but weirder still is the fact that on the same vine there is a couple of acorn squash developing normally. Never knew this sort of thing was even possible...

So, the conversation turned into just what to do with the strange monstrosity to try and make it edible. My thought was to stuff something good into it, and it turned out that Kat had just brought in about the right amount of fresh spot prawns to begin the idea. That particular train of thought kept us busy for almost an hour, and so, the plan was set to give it a whirl the very next night. That evening my neighbors rolled in, and when I informed them of what I was up to, they promptly invited themselves rounding out the total to nine for Din-Din...

After another refreshing run to the lake, I got down to working up the recipe...

Here's a shot of the "goodies" just before prep:

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A good handful of prawns, near 3 pounds of crab, 3 pounds of scallops, a handful of garlic scapes fresh from the garden, some 'shrooms, and 3 whole blocks of Philly! The "hybrid" zucchini wasn't likely in my mind to be quite enough to serve nine, so I tossed in an acorn to round out the meal.

Chopped the prawns in half after shelling, tossed in the scallops and crab, then added the finely chopped scapes. Nuked the Philly for 2 minutes to get it soft, then mixed the whole thing together with a dash of garlic and dill. Then, hollowed out the zucchini and squash, and carefully stuffed each with the mix, adding a splash of dill on top. Tossed them in the big pans and...

http://gallery.fishbc.com/albums/Ironnoggin/Zucc_Prep_2.jpg

Cooking took a tad better than an hour for the zucchini at 350 degrees, and 15 minutes less for the acorn. The smell was AWESOME, and we couldn't wait to dig in to my latest Experiment In Terror!

http://gallery.fishbc.com/albums/Ironnoggin/Zucc_Done_1.jpg

http://gallery.fishbc.com/albums/Ironnoggin/Zucc_Done_2.jpg

And how did it turn out? Man, this one knocked it right out of the Park! I've come up with some good ones over time, but this appears to be amongst the Very Best! All involved gorged to the point of bursting, and all noted they would drop by again for that one "any time"!

To top off the feast, Carole brought along her very first homemade cherry pie! What a way to cap a great meal! Fantastic, and there was nada left of that when we wrapped it up either! Excellent Job Carole!

http://gallery.fishbc.com/albums/Ironnoggin/Dessert.jpg

So, there you have it. We've found a way to make even zucchini more than tolerable, and this recipe will be seeing some SERIOUS Use over the coming months!

Bon Appetite!

Cheers,
Nog

The Dawg
07-30-2010, 03:53 PM
Finally able to type after cleaning the keyboard of the drool....yummmm

835
07-30-2010, 03:58 PM
That looks flippin awesome!

But what the heck did you do to that Tanner?

IronNoggin
07-30-2010, 04:19 PM
But what the heck did you do to that Tanner?

It was Awesome! :twisted:

That's just "Chucky". He's my stuffed Tanner I collected when fishing them a few years back. Thought he'd be a better pose than simply a handful of crab meat is all! :wink:

Cheers,
Nog

Bow Walker
07-30-2010, 04:24 PM
Damn that looks good! Now I gotta sign off and let my keyboard dry out from drooling all over it.

Chuck
07-30-2010, 05:17 PM
First off, I don't think that is a Zucchini. However, it may possibly be a
"hybrid" Acorn squash that physically looks like a Zucchini. It's a good thing what you did though, by eating it. We wouldn't want any more of those things getting passed around.
By the way, the food looks absolutely delicious and I hope everyone did enjoy it even not knowing its heritage. :)

martyonthewater
07-30-2010, 10:58 PM
yup, that looks and sounds prety freakin awsome. My sloppy joes seem so much less satisfying now lol

sparkes3
07-31-2010, 07:25 AM
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm seafood in funky bowls

rbduck
08-01-2010, 07:30 PM
Things like this are what I miss most about moving to the prairies. Seafood and blackberries. Damn, that does look good!

Ron:mrgreen: