AIBU to be ashamed that I cannot peel butternut squash?

[Zippyzoppy]

What is it with the squash? It is called for in many a recipe, and quite delicious too, but getting under that crinkly, tough skin is impossible without nearly losing a finger or an eye.

Any stories of how you overcame your own peeling deficiencies greatly received.

I just buy it frozen and ready prepared now.

I roast it and eat it in the skin, but if I need it peeled, I slice the bottom of the round end so it has a stable base then peel it vertically downwards if that makes sense?
Even easier if you don't need a whole one is to chop off the "tubular" bit then stand that and cut it vertically.
Then cut and roast the bottom with peel on another time.
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Y-shaped Oxo peeler does the trick.

I roast it and eat it in the skin, but if I need it peeled, I slice the bottom of the round end so it has a stable base then peel it vertically downwards if that makes sense?
Even easier if you don't need a whole one is to chop off the "tubular" bit then stand that and cut it vertically.

Yes, agreed!

I buy it ready chopped and frozen now as my rheumatoidy fingers can't manage, but before that I roasted skin on and then peeled

Very sharp large knife, cut of the bottom. Stand on chopping board and slice of outer skin. Then cut into cubes

I get the lazy version of this and pretty much everything else

I buy it ready chopped & frozen in a bag. Aldi sell it, I think iceland do too. I can't cut them either & if I remember correctly, a bag is less than £1.
65p maybe?

OMG have I been doing squash wrong?

I EAT the skin! Jamie Oliver didn't tell me to peel it?

I get my biggest knife and lever the squash in half lengthwise, then quarter it, scoop out the seeds, brush with a little olive oil, season with freshly ground salt and black pepper and roast it in a tin until it's soft.

Then just scoop the flesh from the skin.

Easy.

@mbosnz snap! apparently it's an allergy connected to the Nightshade family of fruit and veg. Heaven help if I touch my face.

I have an Oxo peeler which helps but like most above I roast it with the skin on and either take flesh out then or if making soup I just blitz the chunks.

Potato peeler. Dead easy.

Sweet potatoes... lordy they are tough to peel. Swede are ninjas for peeling too.
BN squash is the same although some good tips here.

You can also put the whole thing in a slow cooker for 6 hours, slice in half and scoop out

I'm with Nikita here:

"Are you sure it's butternut? I don't recognise the 'crinkly, tough skin' description at all. IME butternut skin is smooth and quite thin. A bog-standard vegetable peeler does the job."

Put it i the microwave in high for 3 minutes. Makes it much easier. If it’s a soup don’t peel just blend as it’s extra fibre.

I do mine in my pressure cooker for 10 mins first and then the skin just sort of slides off.

Before I had the pressure cooker I used a santuko (no idea if that’s how you spell it) knife to top, tail and then used a potato peeler.

Roast whole. Easy peasy.

Oblomov19, THANK YOU! I'm really puzzled.

Slice it into chunky discs, then chop the skin off. Itll looks hexagonal-ish once youve taken the skin off. Then chop into chunks and cook.

Ive taken the skin off my fingers too many times trying to peel it with a peeler.

Stab it with a big, pointy knife several times, then shove in the microwave for five minutes.

Then you can cut it up without risking amputation - and it peels easily.

If you stab it and shove it in the oven, it's even easier, as there's no need to cut it up - but it needs to be stabbed to avoid butternut blitzkrieg on the oven lining.

i cant even peel a potato

Potato peeler. It's a shit one from Ikea but it's never difficult.

Well I'm glad I'm not the only one!

Oh Gods, I just deseeded and chopped red chilis for the first time.

I think I just stopped biting my nails, after 44 years - my tongue is BURNING!

Butternut is the one shaped like an overlarge peanut, isn't it? The skin can be eaten if you wish to. I use a potato peeler too.

Another vote here for stabbing and microwaving, makes life much easier.