Stewed Summer Squash

Ingredients

• Squash
• Small piece of butter
• 1 Gill (1/2 cup) of cream
• Dash of salt
• Dash of pepper

Directions

1. Gather squash when its young and tender.
2. Peel, slice them up, and take out the seeds.
3. Put the squash into a pot of water and boil rapidly until tender.
4. Drain the squash with a colander.
5. Mash the squash with a spoon (wooden) and put the pulp into a stew pan.
6. Add the butter, cream, salt, and pepper to the pulp. 
7. Cook and stir constantly until the squash is dry.
8. Serve very hot.
   

Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Tiffany Wyse
Louisiana Anthology
March 28, 2022