Week 2 Reviews - Hungry Girl's Squash Fries

The reviews on these are definitely mixed so far.

SarahBethBR-I made them and they were GROSS! But I think I totally screwed them up. It said to cut them however you like your fries, and I like mine really skinny like fast food fries. So I adjusted the cooking time, but still, half of them were black and half of them were mushy and not cooked enough. The taste of the squash was okay, but I'd much rather have it a different way. Also, after all of the talk about peeling the squash, I thought it was really easy with a straight vegetable peeler.

Groomz-I've made them at least 4 times now. Last night we made Chili Cheese squash fries which were amazing and I do not have photographic evidence, so I will call those fries Abygh#eyiuhl. We've made Crab Fries using the squash and Old Bay seasoning, and we've covered them in Seasoned Salt as well. SB is right about them not cooking evenly, but what we do is split the recipe into 2 baking dishes and put one on the top rack and one on the bottom. We cook for 20 minutes, and then when we take them out to flip the fries, we switch racks. It helps them cook more evenly.

Doitwithmusic - I made them this weekend, and mine turned out much like SB's. As H said, "they would be better if the consistency was consistent." I didn't think they were gross, but I had some mush, and some burnt-to-a-crisp pieces. Peeling mine was fukking hard, not to mention that I kept cracking up because my squash looked like a dong.

Cant_wait - I love squash, but these broke my heart. mine were similar to Sarabeths, either black or squishy. They were nasty, squishy, and tasted like dehydrated apricots. I was very disappointed. I think I should've maybe cut them in wedges instead of thin fry shapes, and then maybe they would've been better. And I used a potato peeler to peel my squash, and it was super easy.

Exp - Mine were amazing. If I could figure out an easier, less time-consuming way to peel and cut them, it'd be great.

Mashedpotato -
I made them, but also cut them too thin. Unfortunately only the dog and I liked them. I'll make them again but I'll cut them thicker.










Vicki - I love them. I also had the problem of them not cooking all consistent-like, so I would use groomz' trick next time.








Tasty - I think I'm going to make a brown sugar/butter dip to dip mine in instead of ketchup. Wait. Does that negate the fatassery behind the recipe? Oh well. it will be delicious.