[header] How to buy acorn squash [title] Look for a dark green squash. [step] Although you may see acorn squash that are yellow, orange, or shades of green, you should pick one that's dark green. This means it's ripe and ready to eat.
[header] How to buy acorn squash [title] Look for a dark green squash. [step] Although you may see acorn squash that are yellow, orange, or shades of green, you should pick one that's dark green. This means it's ripe and ready to eat.
The squash should also have a bite-size flesh. You may be able to tell the fruit is ripe by the color of the flesh. [substeps] Acorn squash can be purchased at health food stores and vegetable markets. [title] Pick a sweet, sweet-smelling squash. It should also have low spots, which is a sign that it's ripe. [substeps] Acorn squash tends to look green closer to the ripe phase. There may still be a yellow spot on the squash which is fine. This is just where the squash rested on the ground as it grew.