Apples and squashes and pears, oh my!
Oct. 26th, 2005 10:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cincinnatus_c
High temp today, here: 7. Dewpoint then: 2. High dewpoint: 2.
High temp today in TO: 8. Dewpoint then: 0. High dewpoint: 2.
Dewpoint was as low as -3 in Toronto today. Potential Beta near Costa Rica.
Even when the blown calls go against the White Sox, they still win. Truly they are beloved of the gods.
Today I had Hubbard squash for the first time. I put it in the oven, whole, wrapped in foil, along with some ribs, for nearly two hours. I cut it open, scooped out the goop, added the butter-cinnamon-brown sugar, and--it was basically hard, despite being extremely hot. So I put half of it in the microwave for six minutes, and--it was basically hard, despite being incredibly hot. L. then put her quarter back in the microwave for four minutes, and ... it seemed somewhat less hard, but still much more firm than a pepper or butternut or buttercup squash would be. I couldn't be bothered nuking mine further, so I gnawed it off the skin. It tasted like squash.
So, my basic feeling is that Hubbard squash is an inferior squash.
Maybe next time I'll get the potato squash, despite their being the most expensive squash. And maybe squash season will be over.
Also: today I had an "Asian pear". Its skin was a bit thick, but it was very juicy and crisp and just a little sweet. Very nice, and much better than the very disappointing one I had a year or so ago, which turned me off of the so-called Asian pears.
Read Kafka's "The Judgment", having recently read "The Metamorphosis" and "The Hunger Artist". I don't know about this Kafka guy. Apparently it's all symbolic. I don't like that kind of thing--highschool Englishy. Now we're going to have to talk about what it all means. The prof will poke it with her Freud stick.
One thing that made an impression on me is the rotting apple stuck in Gregor's back. shudder
High temp today in TO: 8. Dewpoint then: 0. High dewpoint: 2.
Dewpoint was as low as -3 in Toronto today. Potential Beta near Costa Rica.
Even when the blown calls go against the White Sox, they still win. Truly they are beloved of the gods.
Today I had Hubbard squash for the first time. I put it in the oven, whole, wrapped in foil, along with some ribs, for nearly two hours. I cut it open, scooped out the goop, added the butter-cinnamon-brown sugar, and--it was basically hard, despite being extremely hot. So I put half of it in the microwave for six minutes, and--it was basically hard, despite being incredibly hot. L. then put her quarter back in the microwave for four minutes, and ... it seemed somewhat less hard, but still much more firm than a pepper or butternut or buttercup squash would be. I couldn't be bothered nuking mine further, so I gnawed it off the skin. It tasted like squash.
So, my basic feeling is that Hubbard squash is an inferior squash.
Maybe next time I'll get the potato squash, despite their being the most expensive squash. And maybe squash season will be over.
Also: today I had an "Asian pear". Its skin was a bit thick, but it was very juicy and crisp and just a little sweet. Very nice, and much better than the very disappointing one I had a year or so ago, which turned me off of the so-called Asian pears.
Read Kafka's "The Judgment", having recently read "The Metamorphosis" and "The Hunger Artist". I don't know about this Kafka guy. Apparently it's all symbolic. I don't like that kind of thing--highschool Englishy. Now we're going to have to talk about what it all means. The prof will poke it with her Freud stick.
One thing that made an impression on me is the rotting apple stuck in Gregor's back. shudder
