They look completely different on the outside, but have a very similar creamy orange flesh inside.
To add confusion, winter squash is often grouped together as one food item, nutritionally and otherwise. And, winter squashes can often be substituted for one another in dishes.
So then, what is the difference between buttercup squash and butternut squash? Let’s find out.
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As with a couple other writing exercises we’ve done, this one does not create a new story, but is working with one you already have.
Typically I use my novel that has been in the works for a long time now, but recently I have taken a much needed break from that and am concentrating on short stories.
I’m currently working on a scary short story (I like to do them around Halloween time) and I’ve also been revisiting my novella to submit somewhere – it’s my novella I’ll use for this one.
Characters want something – this is a fundamental fact of fiction. If they don’t, they’re probably nothing more than a prop.
Behind the more specific wants – I want to dump my boyfriend and get out of this dead end relationship – are the more general, abstract wants that most folks can identify with: love, individuality, security, etc.
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This food history is almost embarrassingly short and sweet.
Most of the time with Food History posts, it is difficult to decipher the background of a dish, because many meals simply evolve and grow over time. Or, the food item can be traced so far back the precise origin is unclear.
Then there are the biggies like coffee and ketchup, where the history is so expansive it’s impossible to cover it all in one blog post.
But with Bananas Foster, we’ve got the exact, undisputed, quick history right here.
As promised, here is one more apple post for the year – and a thank you to a miss Jennifer Cole for suggesting it: the difference between apple cider and apple juice.
We’ve already explored the history of apple cider – let’s find out how it differs from its more readily available counterpart.
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