Squash and Spider Identification

The Cook said:

Damsel said:

My neighbor gave me a couple of summer squashes from his garden last night.
I've only seen the ones that look like yellow zucchini. What variety are
these, and what's a good way to cook them? I was thinking of maybe
slicing, oiling, and grilling.

Then there's this terrifying spider that's in my bathroom. I don't mind
the light brown daddy long legs types with the 1.5" bent legs (never saw
them before moving here). But I'm scared of the ones that are fast, fast,
fast! This one is about a half inch long, and very black. I don't
routinely kill critters, but if the spider can harm us, I should probably
get rid of it. The picture isn't great, because I was too scared to get
any closer.

I'd appreciate any help with either of these. Click on the yellow squash:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/head_trollop/my_photos

Carol

The squash is yellow crookneck. I love them boiled with onion and a
dab of bacon grease. Plenty of black pepper.

--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral, 48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

I think the spider'd be good cooked in bacon grease and pepper too!

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Damsel <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

My neighbor gave me a couple of summer squashes from his garden last
night. I've only seen the ones that look like yellow zucchini. What
variety are these, and what's a good way to cook them? I was thinking
of maybe slicing, oiling, and grilling.

That is a crookneck squash. I usually saute' chunks and use salt and
pepper for seasoning.

MMMMM! I smuggled a small zucchini into the house for today's lunch, to
be eaten with leftover crawfish/shrimp étouffée.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Then there's this terrifying spider that's in my bathroom. I don't
mind the light brown daddy long legs types with the 1.5" bent legs
(never saw them before moving here). But I'm scared of the ones that
are fast, fast, fast! This one is about a half inch long, and very
black. I don't routinely kill critters, but if the spider can harm
us, I should probably get rid of it. The picture isn't great, because
I was too scared to get any closer.

I'd appreciate any help with either of these. Click on the yellow
squash: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/head_trollop/my_photos

Carol

UGH!!! I hate spiders. It's not a brown recluse because I've been bitten
by one, nasty little [censored]. I had a giant, infected crater on my calf
for weeks. I don't know what kind this is. Try trapping it in a jar and
throw it outside.

This sounds like something the SO did last night. This morning I found
the glass cover to the office light fixture on the front porch. Turns
out it was a nice incubator for baby spiders, and SO was liberating
them--to feed the birds. So much for having compassion for
invertebrates.

Cindy

--
C.J. Fuller

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Damsel said:

I'd appreciate any help with either of these. Click on the yellow squash:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/head_trollop/my_photos

Squash... It looks like a cross between crookneck and yellow zucchini.
http://www.hormel.com/templates/template.asp?catitemid=114&id=828

Spider... your picture is blurrry, so go to Google pictures and type
in Parson Spider. Does that look like that?

Damsel said:

I'd appreciate any help with either of these. Click on the yellow squash:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/head_trollop/my_photos

Squash... It looks like a cross between crookneck and yellow zucchini.
http://www.hormel.com/templates/template.asp?catitemid=114&id=828

Spider... your picture is blurrry, so go to Google pictures and type
in Parson Spider. Does that look like that?

sf sf@gmail said:

Spider... your picture is blurrry, so go to Google pictures and type
in Parson Spider. Does that look like that?

That's our guy. Of course, I don't know where he is anymore. Maybe he'll
come back out tonight and we can get him out of here. I don't want
hundreds of them, in case he's a she.

Thank you!
Carol

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limey said:

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Hate to contradict people, but they are straightneck squash, not
crookneck,
says Farmer Dora. They're cooked the same way, though.

You are correct.

Crookneck:
http://www.burpee.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=1426&itemType=PRODUCT&RS=1&keyword=crookneck+squash

http://tinyurl.com/anjth

Sheldon

Thanks, Sheldon. Here's the URL for the straightneck, so now Carol can
compare:

http://www.burpee.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=1427&itemType=PRODUCT&RS=1&keyword=straightneck+squash

Dora

tintalle said:

I was bitten by a recluse about 7 yrs ago. Nasty horrible.... ugh. Was
very lucky I didn't lose my foot because of it. Ended up with just some
tissue damage, still have some scarring.

Ick. This is reminding me of my stingray bite, which is not anything
like a spider bite, but I too still have a scar that took a LONG time to
heal. Years.

serene

Damsel wrote on 03 Aug 2005 in rec.food.cooking

Quoted message said:

My neighbor gave me a couple of summer squashes from his garden
last night. I've only seen the ones that look like yellow
zucchini. What variety are these, and what's a good way to cook
them? I was thinking of maybe slicing, oiling, and grilling.

Then there's this terrifying spider that's in my bathroom. I
don't mind the light brown daddy long legs types with the 1.5"
bent legs (never saw them before moving here). But I'm scared of
the ones that are fast, fast, fast! This one is about a half inch
long, and very black. I don't routinely kill critters, but if
the spider can harm us, I should probably get rid of it. The
picture isn't great, because I was too scared to get any closer.

I'd appreciate any help with either of these. Click on the yellow
squash: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/head_trollop/my_photos

Carol

It's probably a rabid wolf spider...not considered dangerous. Runs it's
prey down.

http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/rabid_wolf_
spider.htm
or
http://tinyurl.com/dm3df

--
It's not a question of where he grips it!
It's a simple question of weight ratios!

A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut.

Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?

salgud said:

I think the spider'd be good cooked in bacon grease and pepper too!

Well, THAT sent shockwaves through my system!

Carol

Damsel said:

sf sf@gmail said:

Spider... your picture is blurrry, so go to Google pictures and type
in Parson Spider. Does that look like that?

That's our guy. Of course, I don't know where he is anymore. Maybe he'll
come back out tonight and we can get him out of here. I don't want
hundreds of them, in case he's a she.

I'd just vacate the premises, call in the armed guards, and fumigate
with an AK-7 or something that would guarantee the thing was blown up 😉
Spiders are nothing to mess with. They are horrid critters if you ask
me. Now DH would just swat the thing all while he laughs at my
hysterics. Don't even get me going on snakes!

Quoted message said:

Thank you!
Carol

Damsel said:

Then there's this terrifying spider that's in my bathroom.

Just squash the spider. Use that gourd of yours if you must. No need
for identification in either case.

Victor

Monsur Fromage du Pollet said:

It's probably a rabid wolf spider...not considered dangerous. Runs it's
prey down.

http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/rabid_wolf_
spider.htm
or
http://tinyurl.com/dm3df

That's a scary looking one, too. Three, four. ARGH! I have Pastorio's
Disease.

Anyway, sf found the identity of this one. It's a Parson Spider.

Carol, seeking medical attention (not for the spider) 😉

~patches~ said:

I'd just vacate the premises, call in the armed guards, and fumigate
with an AK-7 or something that would guarantee the thing was blown up 😉
Spiders are nothing to mess with. They are horrid critters if you ask
me. Now DH would just swat the thing all while he laughs at my
hysterics. Don't even get me going on snakes!

If someone had seen me when I first spotted that thing, they'd have thought
I was having a seizure. I'm pretty proud of how well I do around most
spiders nowadays. But this sucker freaked me out, bigtime. (I'm scared of
snakes, too)

Carol

"Damsel" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

My neighbor gave me a couple of summer squashes from his garden last
night.
I've only seen the ones that look like yellow zucchini. What variety are
these, and what's a good way to cook them? I was thinking of maybe
slicing, oiling, and grilling.

Then there's this terrifying spider that's in my bathroom. I don't mind
the light brown daddy long legs types with the 1.5" bent legs (never saw
them before moving here). But I'm scared of the ones that are fast, fast,
fast! This one is about a half inch long, and very black. I don't
routinely kill critters, but if the spider can harm us, I should probably
get rid of it. The picture isn't great, because I was too scared to get
any closer.

I'd appreciate any help with either of these. Click on the yellow squash:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/head_trollop/my_photos

Carol

Hey Dams :-)

It's kinda hard to tell with the spider...could be a Parson or a common
black house spider. How big is it? Neither one is known to be venomous,
although they both will bite in the right circumstances. Parsons generally
like to stay hidden during daytime. As a general rule, I only get rid of
spiders that are either venomous or really big and ugly! lol We get alot of
the common house spiders, orb weavers etc, but they take care of more
annoying insects so I don't worry about them.

Last summer I had spent the day at my mom's, who had had 4 tarantulas in her
house since moving in. Later that night I discovered one apparently hitched
a ride home with me, because while my husband and I were snuggled on the
couch watching a movie I suddenly saw something large and black moving
across the floor. There weren't any lights on in the room, just the light
from the tv screen. I just about screamed 🙂 I turned on the light and when
my husband stood up, it reared up, waving the two front legs up in the air.
I grabbed a canning jar and he captured our intruder and released him into
the canyon behind the house.

Now about that squash...looks like a yellow squash to me. Similar in taste
and texture to a yellow crookneck squash. Great brushed with a flavored
olive oil or avocado oil, like blood orange or meyer lemon, then grilled.
Also works well for stirfry.

Enjoy 🙂

kimberly

(Victor Sack) said:

Damsel said:

Then there's this terrifying spider that's in my bathroom.

Just squash the spider. Use that gourd of yours if you must. No need
for identification in either case.

THWACK!

Carol

I don't think the spider can live in all that suction. Being sucked
into a vacuum bag will be one of the surer ways you can kill it
without having to get close to it. Vacuum a room or two after the
spider, then take the vacuum bag out to your outdoor trash bins.
Problem solved!

(I'm scared of big spiders too, so I sympathize. Big BLACK spiders in
my home are enough to give me a shot of adrenaline to the heart. I'd
want to be rid of it, too.)

Melissa

Damsel wrote on 03 Aug 2005 in rec.food.cooking

Quoted message said:

Monsur Fromage du Pollet said:

It's probably a rabid wolf spider...not considered dangerous.
Runs it's prey down.

http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/rabid
_wolf_ spider.htm
or
http://tinyurl.com/dm3df

That's a scary looking one, too. Three, four. ARGH! I have
Pastorio's Disease.

Anyway, sf found the identity of this one. It's a Parson Spider.

Carol, seeking medical attention (not for the spider) 😉

une deux catre cinq in the riber...and drowned. Me...counting in french
age 5.

--
It's not a question of where he grips it!
It's a simple question of weight ratios!

A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut.

Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?

"Damsel" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

~patches~ said:

I'd just vacate the premises, call in the armed guards, and fumigate
with an AK-7 or something that would guarantee the thing was blown up 😉
Spiders are nothing to mess with. They are horrid critters if you ask
me. Now DH would just swat the thing all while he laughs at my
hysterics. Don't even get me going on snakes!

If someone had seen me when I first spotted that thing, they'd have
thought
I was having a seizure. I'm pretty proud of how well I do around most
spiders nowadays. But this sucker freaked me out, bigtime. (I'm scared
of
snakes, too)

Carol

Most spiders don't bother me, or snakes. But centipedes? I'm at least able
to control myself to just a small squeal as I rush to get a tissue
or turn on the hot water tap. And Rats.... that's a whole nuther story!

MoM

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Julia Altshuler <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Since this is almost certain to come up in this thread eventually, I'll
beat you to the punch with this:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/bugs/brownrecluse.asp

Spider bites can hurt, but they're generally not too serious.

--Lia

Come live around Sydney for a while and you might change your mind <g>.

http://www.amonline.net.au/factsheets/funnelweb.htm
http://www.uq.edu.au/~xxrraven/funnelwb.html

http://www.amonline.net.au/spiders/dangerous/redback/

The happy news of course is that since the development of antivenoms, no
deaths have occurred <g>. Plenty of redbacks in my yard, but I've not
seen any funnelwebs - possibly gets a bit too dry where I am. Mind you, I
always check the toes of my boots before putting them on. I remember a
news story some years ago where a bloke (living somewhere in North
Sydney, I think, where there are plenty of funnelwebs) put his shoes on
and travelled all the way to work before being bitten by a funnelweb in
the toe of his shoe.

Of course, the majority of spiders are not lethal, but a couple of
species that will make you pretty sick, and could kill you, is enough for
me :-)

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

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Thanks for posting that Rhonda. Neat pictures.

NOTE: Redbacks are known as "Black Widow" spiders in the states.

Cyndi/Syssi

"Julia Altshuler" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Andy said:

Oooh! Oooh! [raising hand]

BENZENE!!!!!!!!!!!

Get a squirt bottle and fill it with benzene (check printer supply stores
for cheap).

We used it to kill flying "king-kong" roaches. It's wonderful!!! The
instant it hits a bug, it totally evaporates any moisture from their
system, rendering them dead in the blink of an eye, without the "crunch"
of sledge hammer or fly swatter.

Or, for a more absurd answer, you could try swallowing a bird to catch the
spider ...

--Lia
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We have that book too! Rick and Nathan love it!

Cyndi/Syssi