An Old Summer Squash Recipe

As a child living in the country, we had a few gardens dispersed around in the areas nearest the house. In those gardens we planted the vegetables that we enjoyed eating on a regular basis. Squash certainly was one of our favorites. We mostly ate it fried in butter or in bacon oil.

There was one recipe that my Mom acquired from from a friend of hers for squash. My Mom tried making it, but, as I recall, no one in the house cared much for it. The yellow squash should be cut down length-wise. Then place the squash in boiling water with some salt. After boiling for some ten minutes, remove the squash, let it cool. Scrape the inside pulp out of the shells of the squash in a bowl. Mix the pulp with saltine crackers, eggs, grated cheddar cheese, onions, and
peanut butter.

Spoon the mixture into the squash shells, sprinkle with more grated cheddar cheese, and bake in a preheated oven with 350 degrees for about fifteen minutes. Enjoy! if you like squash, and most of all, If you like peanut butter!