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Mystery Fruit

I did a Walmart run this afternoon after work to pick up paper goods and cat litter and food. I decided to check out the grocery section to see if they had any good deals and I was surprised to discover that this Super Walmart has a very good selection of things not available in dedicated grocery stores (like falafel mix!). Combine that with good deals and I came out with a full cart of groceries.

Does anyone know what this is?

What the heck is this yellow stripey thing?! It was in the fruits so I’m guessing some kind of melon???

I have to show off a gift I got from a tenant yesterday. He asked me if I liked bell peppers and I replied yes. He handed over a large bag full of frozen roasted red pepper strips!!!

roasted red peppers

There’s a million things I can do with those, not least of which is make up some pimento cheese. I asked my mother for the recipe and she emailed it back immediately (merci!), so I made sure to grab the feta and cream cheese I’ll need for that. I also got the fixings for hummus (very nice with roasted peppers) and tomato sauce (divine with roasted peppers!). You can see hashbrowns peeking out from behind the peppers, another gift from this tenant who works for McCain. Having concluded that these pre-cut potatoes are actually reasonably nutritious so long as I don’t fry them, I’ve accepted all gifts of them and have been using them for quick dinners, sautéing them with frozen veggies and cheese. They are going to be succulent with some roasted peppers. 🙂

Finally, I have to say, once again, that I am grateful to have a large RV fridge and freezer!

very full freezer

I don’t think I could squeeze another thing into there! The fridge isn’t quite as bad, but almost.

9 thoughts on “Mystery Fruit”

  1. The yellow stripy thing looks like a spaghetti squash. If it if very, very hard then that is probably what it is. When you cut it open it will be like a pumpkin inside, scrape out the inside seeds and pulp and discard.

    I rub mine with oil inside and out, season the inside liberally with lemon pepper, garlic salt, pepper or whatever. I make a bowl out of mine and add butter and a cup of white wine then wrap in foil and bake at 350 for about an hour until it is soft. Then let stand for 15 minutes and pull out the flesh with a fork and butter again. It is called spaghetti squash because the meat looks like long strings when it is pulled out.

    Let us know what the mystery fruit is and how it turns out 🙂

  2. Gary, you’re wrong! 😀 I’ll post a picture of the inside in my next post. I LOVE spaghetti squash. I make it in a number of ways, including as a dessert by rubbing the inside with butter, cinnamon, and mace!

  5. Gary, you’re wrong! 😉

    HA HA HA HA, That is funny, you will have to share your Spagettie squash recipie with us as it sounds great. You have to admit, the pic DID look like a squash.

    Have a great day, Gary

  6. I don’t use recipes. 🙂 I just cut the squash in half, scoop out the innards, rub the edges with the olive oil, and then bake until the insides come apart. Then a brushing of butter, some spices, maybe even a bit of sugar and under the broiler, cut side up, for a minute or two. Good for acorn squash, too!

  9. “You can also put some chopped nuts (I like pecans) in the middle of the squash for some protein. ”

    MMMMMMMMMMMnnnnnnnnnnn!!!

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