It came out well. The flavour of the filling didn't complement the flavour of the squash quite as perfectly as I'd hoped when eaten one after the other, but getting a bit of each on the fork at once made a really wonderful combination. I think adding yellow peas to the stuffing and cooking either the peas or the lentils all the way to mushy while leaving the other al dente would improve it. It could've stood another half of a pepper, or a bit of some other kind of hot red pepper (it doesn't seem to want green), but it didn't really need more. And while most of it was done just right, a bit of the neck of the squash was a little undercooked. The elephant garlic can be considered sacrificial -- it did it's job, which was to provide a bit of protection from drying out while contributing a little bit of flavour, but didn't suffer the baking all that well by itself. (I did eat it; it wasn't bad with a mouthful of squash. But some folks might choose to set it aside and I wouldn't feel insulted by that.)
Total time in the oven was two hours. And this was about a four-person squash -- six-person if another dish was served with it -- and the other two people here had catfish as well. So half the squash is going into the fridge. My mouth kept telling my brain, "It's yummy and there's more sitting on the counter; go get seconds," while my stomach objected, "Hey, that was a rather large serving to start with!" I think -- I hope -- that a smaller squash would've cooked more quickly. (Cooking times have been shorter in the past, but in addition to smaller squash, those have involved less-dense fillings.)
The onions were perfect. The lentils ... were either just right or slightly underdone depending on personal taste. I could go either way on the lentils.
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Total time in the oven was two hours. And this was about a four-person squash -- six-person if another dish was served with it -- and the other two people here had catfish as well. So half the squash is going into the fridge. My mouth kept telling my brain, "It's yummy and there's more sitting on the counter; go get seconds," while my stomach objected, "Hey, that was a rather large serving to start with!" I think -- I hope -- that a smaller squash would've cooked more quickly. (Cooking times have been shorter in the past, but in addition to smaller squash, those have involved less-dense fillings.)
The onions were perfect. The lentils ... were either just right or slightly underdone depending on personal taste. I could go either way on the lentils.