So our CSA share has come with summer squash of one kind or another pretty much every week. I hate it. But I decided to try some recipes beyond zucchini fritters. We even bought a spiral-cutting attachment for the Kitchenaid mixer.

Let me say now, unequivocally, in the presence of all assembled, that spiral cut squash DOES NOT TAKE THE PLACE OF PASTA and WILL ALWAYS RESEMBLE ITS BLAND MUSHY SELF even if you drown it in pesto or marinara or bechamel and cheese

Do not send recipes for summer squash. I will not try them.

Yes, I have eaten several slices of grilled summer squash and even enjoyed them. It is, in fact, the only way we felt successful, other than fritters