squash/pumpkin help needed...

[ratcreature]

Feeling slightly adventurous I bought this squash? pumpkin? of a kind that I've never eaten before. I don't know what it's called, because they were just labeled "miscellaneous squashes/pumpkins" (in German both are the same word) and there were a variety of them in the same bin, all for the same price. The one I got is quite small and white, and now I wonder what the best way to prepare it is. (I'm sure I could browse wikipedia for squash/pumpkin to identify it, and then google the name for recipes, but I'm lazy...)

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[astridv]

We bought one of these under the name Ufo-Kürbis once, IIRC. It was very tasty in our standard pumpkin stir-fry recipe, but the skin was a pain to peel. Hard as steel. Next time I'd put it in the oven for 20 minutes or so, before cutting it up.

[ratcreature]

Yeah, cooking first, peeling later seems to be the best method for many pumpkin-type things with hard skins.