About once a month we buy a butternut squash. We keep it for 2 - 3 weeks
as we find that it is usually a a little sweeter that way.

I just opened our latest one to find that about half the seeds inside
had germinated, with sprouts up to 6 cm long! I tried one but
unfortunately it wasn't nice like a bean sprout, but somewhat bitter
(cucurbitacin?). In many years of buying squashes and melons I've never
seen this before. I suppose I could try potting up some of the seeds and
grow them on, but it's not something of interest for me.

Anyone come across this before?

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Jeff