After I posted the Patty Pan squash bread recipe, I had several people ask what Patty Pan squash are! Lucky for you, I found several in the squash pit yesterday morning that needed to be picked. The Patty Pan squash are the white spaceship shaped squash in the above photo. The larger of the three is a little BIG and should have been picked a day or two earlier, but it will make fine bread! Cut open, they show a beautiful white colored center with small, dainty seeds. They are very mild in flavor, and easily blend with other flavors of other foods, like garlic! Delish!
Yesterday I also picked 9 pounds of pickling cucumbers. They're sliced up ready to be made into bread & butter pickles. Yum!
Wow Anna you are one busy girl. My mouth waters every time you talk about making breads. Yummy......
Evelynn
Posted by: Evelynn Saddler | August 31, 2010 at 07:23 AM
I wondered what they looked like. I thought this was them but never have grown them before so wasn't sure. Thanks for the cute photos!
Posted by: Shellie Daniel | August 29, 2010 at 01:08 PM
Thanks for the pics of Patty Pan's. I took a stroll through our produce section and nuttin', honey. Maybe I'll try a farmers market next week.
Posted by: kathynruss | August 29, 2010 at 04:32 AM
What a lovely bounty! I didn't know what a patty pan squash is either! I learned something new today! Thank you!
Posted by: Kathy Martin | August 28, 2010 at 05:02 AM
Youza! I must be hungry, the Patty Pans are looking like the Pillsbury glove in the commercials! They are also very good blended into my not so famous Bar BQ'd veggies. Blend your favorite young squashes with a couple of sweet onions and some red yellow and green peppers thinly sliced slosh with some EVOO and a load of chopped Garlic.(dont be stingy with the garlic) Toss the veggies in a large bowl seperating the onion rings as you mix, add chopped or sliced mushrooms half way through the toss job. Portobello mushrooms make this heavenly. Pour the mixed veggies into one of those drilled grilling bowls and grill. They will reduce by half and make a great side for meats and a topping for burgers. Saturday is steak nite! Bon Apetite' Oh, have a little Cowboy Lemon ade while watching the Barbique cook.......Love, Dad
Posted by: DK Wight | August 27, 2010 at 11:57 PM
bread and butter, my all time absolute favorite pickles - just thought you'd like to know that about me. :) haha!
Posted by: Valerie | August 27, 2010 at 09:23 PM
Your veggies are beautiful! I drool everytime I see your garden pictures.
Posted by: Jennifer K. | August 27, 2010 at 01:16 PM
Have I ever told you how much I love bread & butter pickles? I was unfamiliar with them until I tried them at Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, CA. I was hooked from that glorious moment on.
Posted by: Gabriela (Gabi With An Eye) | August 27, 2010 at 12:35 PM
You must be feeling some better!
Spending time in the garden. I bet that tally will really jump with some cooler days.
TGIF, hugs....
Posted by: Carol Dee | August 27, 2010 at 12:20 PM
Wow, you are really the squash genius. You need to start selling some of it - although, your bread looks good enough to sell too.
Posted by: Troy Louise | August 27, 2010 at 11:23 AM
You need your own television show...I think it would be a big hit! Sort of the farm version of Martha!!! And your Dad could be a regular visitor. Wouldn't that just be the best???!!! Do you know any producers??? :D
Posted by: diane mcvey | August 27, 2010 at 09:36 AM
When do u ever find time to stamp with all this baking, pickling, and running the farm!?!?! lol
Yeah ok, I am just jealous I don't get samples!
Posted by: My Inkie Fingers | August 27, 2010 at 08:35 AM