Re: butternut squash questions

[Guest guest]

Have you tried it just baked in water? Maybe it could have been the cooked olive oil that upset you as well as it gets oxidized if exposed to high heat...maybe weed out the possibilities before giving up on the butternut?

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I ate butternut squash for the first time some days ago. WOW! super yummy.BUT my tummy wasn't so happy for a few days. I can't see I changed anythingexcept the squash.My question is: does the way it is cooked make a difference? I cut it insmaller chunks with the peel on and poured some olive oil over it and somesalt and then put it in the bottom of the oven

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[Guest guest]

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> My question is: does the way it is cooked make a difference?

Good question. I don't know

> One thing I noticed was I went sort of crazy over the squash, I

> couldn't stop eating it, which to me is a sign that it was probably not so

> good for me

Try it steamed and mashed (w/ mild spice and/or a bit of olive

oil/butter) and introduce it slowly.

Cheers,

DF in MA

UC June '07

SCD Nov '08

[Guest guest]

Maybe you ate too much at once? It is rather starchy. I tolerate

butternut squash very well. I just cut it in half, steam it, and eat

it plain or with a little cinnamon. BUT if I eat more than a quarter

of a small one in one day I get a tummy ache too.

Debbie T (UC 28 yrs, SCD 2 yrs, Lialda)

>

> I ate butternut squash for the first time some days ago. WOW! super

yummy.

> BUT my tummy wasn't so happy for a few days. I can't see I changed

anything

> except the squash.

>

> My question is: does the way it is cooked make a difference? I cut it in

> smaller chunks with the peel on and poured some olive oil over it

and some

> salt and then put it in the bottom of the oven while I was grilling some

> chicken. It got sort of caramelized. I didn't eat the peel, but I

wonder if

> the caramalizing is bad... I have a vague memory of having read that the

> sugar changes when food becomes caramelized. Does this ring any

bells with

> anyone? One thing I noticed was I went sort of crazy over the squash, I

> couldn't stop eating it, which to me is a sign that it was probably

not so

> good for me LOL

>

> Cecilia

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