It's that good

I have in my possession, almost 19 pounds of pure gold.
That's right, pure gold. Beautiful golden butternut squash.

It all went down like an illicit deal. My friend "B" whispered to me, "Hey, I'm going to the farm tomorrow, I'll get ya some squash". Me.. "hmm, really, that's the good stuff!". "Yeah, it's going for a super price. ""Cool, I haven't seen it that low before..." "Ok, I'll deliver it tomorrow evening."
I slid the cash to her hand, and she passed over the goods. She bought out the farm for me, actually. I peeked in the bag and saw squash like I've only seen on display at a farm. No piddly little 2 pounders in this lot, no sir. These are big, fat, golden, just picked beauties. They don't fall to the bottom of a stale lot of skinny stringy squash. Not these ones. They boast their heftiness, they shout, look at me. Their vibe is less "please buy me" it's more "hmm, I don't know, maaaybe... what do you want me for".

Well, my hubby just happens to make a butternut squash recipe that rocks. He makes HUGE batches and freezes enough to give away and to keep us going until the next Fall. We have used it for special occasions, for rushed "let's order takeout, oh wait there is soup in the freezer" nights, and even as part of a normal menu plan. But the fun part is when we use it for payment, actually the soup is part of the deal to get the squash :) I've "bought" a pair of winter boots for my daughter with it, and bribed our little nephew to eat when he was sick. We've also given it away as a comfort to friends who needed a little something sweet and special to brighten their day.

This squash cost us roughly $0.26 a lb.

It's that good.