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Disappointing. Eating the peel of an acorn squash is not appetizing. I tried, but some of it was too tough. No reason to make this again. The squash was very mushy.<\/p>","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":2,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2011-01-28","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"teri396"},"reviewBody":"Made this with sweet potato instead of acorn squash. Very good.","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":3,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2012-01-04","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"kathyRidenour"},"reviewBody":"The combination of the sweetness of the OJ and brown sugar were a hit with my daughter. The pork came out extremely tender after cooking for hours. 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