Roasted with olive oil, then served hot with maple drizzle, toasted pecans and feta cheese

Swing it at detractors?

I found the map post excellent. I was intrigued by it and I've been thinking about it ever since.

This is close to a favorite recipe I make out of the Joy of Cooking. Apple Sausage Stuffed Butternut Squash - Downshiftology share.google/xCGYMkpgsZxLWyAsI

Someone will always be offended by facts. I appreciate that your posts are factual and research-based in a world full of opinions and fiction that are presented as facts. I never pass up reading through one of your posts - and now I have a lot of great ideas for squash because of that! Thank you for being a breath of fresh air on my feed.

Stuff with a sausage bread stuffing mixture.

Beyond standard soups, puree roasted butternut squash into a velvety pasta sauce with sage and nutmeg, or fold it into gnocchi dough and dumpling fillings. You can also spiralize the neck for sweet-savory noodles, bake sliced rounds into crispy squash steaks, or churn the roasted flesh with maple and warming spices into autumn ice cream.

Or whatever your Memaw's favorite cushaw pie recipe is. www.southernliving.com/recipes/cushaw-pie-vanilla-bean-custard-sauce-recipe

I can't believe you used butter for size! Don't you know it's supposed to be a banana? 😆

Fritters!

Butternut squash ravioli?

Roasted squash as a side to dinner. You can also use it in a bowl or as a base for a salad.

How dare you pose such a logical, thought-provoking post and photo of these squashes!!!!! *clutches pearls*

I made cubed and sautéed butternut squash with taco seasonings one time on a whim and made burritos with butternut squash and black beans and cheese. It was delicious. And now I want one.

I’m, sadly, allergic to tomato. I use butternut squash as a base for „no-mato“ sauce. I make a big batch, the freeze it in measured quantities that cover everything from a serving of pasta to needing to sub for a Tb of tomato paste in a recipe. That said… if you like risotto, butternut squash is an excellent add-in!

I would sit it on my counter trying to decide what to do with it until it became too old to eat.

Butternut squash can be used as a substitute for pumpkin in pies, quick bread and cakes too! (Always one for the sweets! 😉)

Dice and roast with chicken thighs. Add to wild rice with craisins and Parmesan cheese

Yum!! Just put it in the oven and roast it whole for about 30mins. Makes it easier to cut, then scoop out the seeds and chop into pieces. Toss with olive oil and some herbs/spices, then roast again (turn pieces every so often) until they’re all nicely caramelized. Great side dish for something grilled.

Squash and apples. Layer cubed squash and apples in a casserole. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and pats of butter. Cover and bake for 45 min to an hour at 350/400. It pairs well with chicken, turkey and pork!

Bake it and eat it with butter and a hint of brown sugar. Make it into a pumpkin pie. Peel and cut into squares and cook on a sheet pan with chicken and carrots, sprinkled with salt and pepper and a drizzle of maple syrup. Or just stick it in the pantry, because it will keep for the next year!

Parboil. Dice and freeze for later. I have a great chili recipe that adds cubed butternut squash and cinnamon and it’s sooooo good!

Too graphic! Just kidding. But someone can be offended by anything! Keep up your good work.

Slice them thin with salt and oil and bake to make chips. So good.

I love a burrito filling with black beans, brown rice, butternut squash, cumin, and garlic! It's also good in omelettes. Also, dice, blanch, and freeze them for later!

I think US citizens should travel more outside the US. When youve taken a flight from Perth to Sydney, a flight from France to Egypt, etc , then it's real in a different way. You realize how long it takes to travel between spots, and learn about cultures. Plan a road trip in Canada or Africa and tell me about size then. A fun, practical but expensive exercise.

Totally distorts the seas, oceans and the distances between land masses.

Do people not get the point of maps? How has the "big good, small bad" idea gotten this far?

"that we all grew up with" might be a misnomer. I grew up with dozens of different maps, not just the Mercador. Are there really people that have made it to their adults lives not knowing that these other maps (including the "equal earth") have existed for 300+ years?

Can't be accurate. Isn't Canada actually attached to Alaska?

A realistic map is called a “globe”

you obviosuly missed that FACT that there were other countries who didn't want ot change as well. They just didn't make a vocal objection but instead just abstained from voting

Next on UN agenda is Toilet Paper Roll Over or Under

Two points to this. One- In the new “better” image, yall make it seem as if some fictitious ocean exists between Canada and the US… where no separation actually exists. Two- there are actual cities and countries and names of places that everyone in the world recognizes across Europe and the United States. No one gives a damn about the names of the capital of the Congo 🤷‍♂️ The map is made to help those who intend to actually use the map- ie those who travel and go places. Zimbabweans tend to stay put 🤷‍♂️

This one has been my personal favorite for many years. No flat map of the earth will ever be completely accurate, but it works pretty well for what I want out of it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boggs_eumorphic_projection

Whoever was responsible for dictating how the US voted did NOT take Mrs. Smithfield's Earth science class wherein we discussed at great length how one can never accurately render a 3D object onto a 2D surface. <ahem> LOL (That said, there is a very sophisticated 2D projection that comes really close to getting the landmass sizes correct, but it's also all "chopped" to bits and could never really be used for things like navigation.)

This kerfuffle is weird to me because I've not ever seen Mercator as standard. Lots of books and wall posters have different projections. Whatever is on my wall is neither of these.

When I was kid my mom had a map with the orange slice cutouts at the top and bottom. This made for a lovely discussion about trying put something round on a flat surface.

Ukraine voted no because UN decided to separate Crimea from Ukraine on the map, even though other countries occupied by russia like Moldova and Georgia are shown as whole. This is what you get when you have terrorist regimes with voting power in UN.

I first learned about this from a West Wing episode, but what surprises me now is how long more accurate (or at least equally valid alternatives) have been around without making much of a dent. Many of the ones listed in the first link have origins in the 1800s.

Wait….wutt???? Are you saying the light red representations are the accurate sizes?

I would support this. It should be clearly taught when used as a tool that equal earth maps would be better for depiction of land mass, population, epidemiology etc. Once the discussion is about navigation though, we'll br back to Mercator.

Fascinating. I'd rather see true representations.

This is super cool. My one observation? When driving north to Alaska, Canada does feel as big as the old maps showed... :). More to explore!!

For navigation, use the Mercator map. For accurate sizes, use a globe. Plain and simple.

For accurate land area it's hard to beat Goode's projection

The reason for the "no" vote us that it has the word "equal" in it and we here in the US have never actually liked that

I find this interesting. I am 83 and grew up in what was then French West Africa. In my mind, the USA was much bigger than French West Africa. Playing with the different maps is always educational. The concept of size controls how we think of things. We always want the biggest cookie.

My kids love Seterra games where they look for countries. There are different games one can play but my son has gotten so good he does the one where there are no borders, just a blank land map of the world and you have to click on the spot when prompted a name of a country. I wonder if Seterra makes changes and how will that effect the games.

The UN resolution described correcting map distortions as an issue of “cognitive justice and memorial reparation.” Their words. I thought the US representative was pretty clear that the US didn’t object to the map itself. The objection was to the ideological baggage attached to it. Why can’t the UN just say, “This map represents land area more accurately. Let’s use it”? Mercator had a purpose, and it has flaws. New maps have different strengths. Fine. But apparently we have to turn a mathematical limitation into a historical grievance and attach “reparation” language to it. Who comes up with this stuff? It seems so unnecessarily childish. Anyway, we can use the better maps without the UN telling us to. 🙂 i do love the map you posted!