“Butternut” sounds like “better not.” “I’m a fan of squash puns, so I was going to like that, but then I decided I butternut” was posted on Twitter on August 26, 2016.
A joke was posted on Reddit—Jokes on September 19, 2017:
“I was going to eat a spaghetti squash, but then I thought, ‘Nah, I butternut.”
Wikipedia: Spaghetti squash
Spaghetti squash — or vegetable spaghetti — is a group of cultivars of Cucurbita pepo subsp. pepo. The fruit ranges from ivory to yellow/orange in color. The orange varieties have a higher carotene content. Its center contains many large seeds. Its flesh is bright yellow or orange. When raw, the flesh is solid and similar to other raw squash; when cooked, the flesh falls away from the fruit in ribbons or strands like spaghetti.
Wikipedia: Butternut squash
Butternut squash (Cucurbita moschata), sometimes known in Australia and New Zealand as butternut pumpkin or gramma, is a type of winter squash that grows on a vine. It has a sweet, nutty taste similar to that of a pumpkin. It has tan-yellow skin and orange fleshy pulp with a compartment of seeds in the bottom. When ripe, it turns increasingly deep orange, and becomes sweeter and richer. It is a good source of fiber, vitamin C, manganese, magnesium, and potassium; and it is an excellent source of vitamin A and vitamin E.
Twitter
Rich Douek
@rdouek
Replying to @epalicki
I’m a fan of squash puns, so I was going to like that, but then I decided I butternut.
1:15 PM - 26 Aug 2016 from Manhattan, NY
Twitter
®achel Fagerburg
@rachelfagerburg
Last night at dinner I was going to get a second serving of butternut squash and I said “ehh I butternut have any more”
9:46 AM - 2 Dec 2016
Reddit—Jokes
I was going to eat a spaghetti squash…
submitted September 19, 2017 by Fundertaker
But then I thought, “Nah, I butternut.”
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