Last week, Ed and I took a little walk from the truck stop in Jessup, Maryland, to the nearby Mom's Organic Market. That's where I found these beautiful fall vegetables.
I was captivated by that tiny Honeynut squash in the foreground of the photo. At about 3” long, it was like a baby version of the butternut squash. Although similar in shape to the butternut (the honeynuts can be up to 6” long) it’s said to be sweeter than butternut, have three times the amount of beta-carotene, AND they don’t have to be peeled because they have a thin skin. If you’ve tried to peel butternut squash, you know why this is a big plus.
The squash was created around 2009-2010 by Michael Mazourek, Associate Professor in plant breeding and genetics at Cornell University in New York’s Finger Lakes region.
It’s only been available at farmer’s markets since about 2015 but this is the first time I’ve seen it. And it’s beautiful!
If you're not following The Kabs Family (Tay, Chan, Teija, Maliya, and TJ) you should - you can find them on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. They're a great bunch, currently living in London. My favorite in the group is Maliya, the one who's singing here in this video. The last song she sings is "Somebody Else's Guy" by Jocelyn Brown, a great tune from the eighties. I love that Tay (the father) is teaching her some great old school tunes.
After watching Mali sing, and bringing me back to a time when I was jamming out to these tunes myself, it made me Google the song. Here is Jocelyn Brown doing her song. Sing along with the lyrics below:
Somebody Else's Guy
I-I-I-I... can't get off my high horse
And I can't let you go You are the one who You are the one who makes me feel So real Yeah yeah yeah Oh! What am I supposed to do Oh! What am I supposed to do baby When I'm so hooked up on you Then I realize Oh I realize That you are somebody else's guy Oh yeah Why you wanna do this to me boy? (Ooh ooh ooh Somebody else's guy) Can you remember the times we spent together Sharing our days in the sun Then I found out that you were somebody else's Lover After all the plans we made, now were shattered Still I can't get off my high horse I can't let go You are the one who makes me feel so real Ooh what am I supposed to do When I'm hooked so on you Then I realize that you're somebody else's guy That day in September, I'm sure you can remember That's when all the stuff hit the fan You told me a lie and you didn't have an alibi But baby yet I still cared You know I loved you so baby that I can't let go No, no You are the one who makes me feel so real Ooh what am I supposed to do When I'm hooked so on you And realize you're somebody else's guy You know I loved you so baby that I can't let go You are the one who makes me feel so real Ooh what am I supposed to do When I'm hooked so on you And then I realize that you're somebody else's Guy (Oh I can't get off my high horse and I can't Let go You are the one who makes me feel so real Ooh, what am I supposed to do when I'm hooked so On you And realize that you're somebody else's guy) (Oh I can't get off my high horse and I can't Let go You are the one who makes me feel so real Ooh, what am I supposed to do when I'm hooked so On you And realize that you're somebody else's guy) I, I, I, I can't let you go no See you are the one who makes me feel so real What am I supposed to do When I'm hooked so on you Then I realize that you're somebody else's guy (repeat chorus and adlib to fade)
