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Gave in and baked a Thelma last night. Definitely needed a bit more maturing as the flavour was very mild, so I will wait till the end of Nov for the next one. But the amount of fat seeds is impressive. You want lots, right? ;)
Quote from: sparrow on October 25, 2014, 00:20:35Gave in and baked a Thelma last night. Definitely needed a bit more maturing as the flavour was very mild, so I will wait till the end of Nov for the next one. But the amount of fat seeds is impressive. You want lots, right? ;)I'm not sure what kind of flavour you did expect from Thelma, but it is more of 'mild'/blander tasting squashes. Very prolific plants though!
Nutty and quite sweet when really mature (eaten around Christmas time) is how I remember Thelma Sanders
EeeeeeeeeeeeeeeK! Just seen the email from on 19th! <runs in under the wire>
I haven't grown them for a few years, but I remember them as having a nutty type flavour although not very sweet, which is good sometimes depending how you are cooking them. Perhaps I didn't leave mine long enough either!
I put the halved squash in the oven for about the last 30-40 minutes cooking time with a roast. I add a bit of the cooking juices from the roast and a whole shallot and/or a clove of garlic into the seed cavity. Prefer them like that.
Parcels are welcome any time from now until Christmas. Although it might be best to miss the seasonal rush? The cut off date this year will be by 25th December, if anyone thinks they may have a problem getting their parcel to me by this date, let me know. I’ll send my details at the beginning of November (be nice to get the pass the parcel out first )I'll be posting everyone's goodies back 1st/2nd week of January
but it might be too much of a rush for some.
IT IS TIME TO SWAP.