A Delicious Salad with an Unsavory History

We have nothing against canned vegetables, but you can push us only so far.

The autumn produce display at Jim’s Produce, in Deep Gap, NC, near my old digs.

IT’S WINTER SQUASH SEASON! 🎉 🎊 🎈

Have you heard? Of course you have. Unless you live in a sealed underground tomb with no internet, there’s no way you are not aware that we have officially entered the plaid-flannel months—when winter squash is absolutely everywhere.

And I’l…