Starting a new tradition

Last year we bought that giganto cushaw squash that took several recipes to consume. Joe decided that we should buy at least one interesting squash each fall. The green pumpkin is called a buttercup squash... the gnarly one is just an inedible gourd for decoration.

I'll have to cook it up, but probably not for a couple weeks as we're about to head out to Cleveland and Chicago on Saturday :-) I think the buttercup will stay home.