https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 11:51:08 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/reaction-from-butternut-squash-dry-and-cracking-hands#post-377844 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 18:03:23 +0000 MrsH 377844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. I use gloves to cut up the raw butternut squash. I've never had a problem after it has been cooked though. Sometiems the sap from zuchinni etc will do this too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/reaction-from-butternut-squash-dry-and-cracking-hands#post-377627 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 14:49:37 +0000 cvbee 377627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: good tips! I guess I've been lucky! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/reaction-from-butternut-squash-dry-and-cracking-hands#post-377540 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 13:08:34 +0000 Foodnerd81 377540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cvbee: make sure you poke a few holes to vent the steam! Never seen it happen but I've heard it can explode in your oven if you don't! I poke a couple holes with the tip of my knife, microwave for a few minutes then cut in half. Much easier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/reaction-from-butternut-squash-dry-and-cracking-hands#post-377387 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 10:38:59 +0000 cvbee 377387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Speaking of squash, I find it way too hard to cut raw squash so I just put the whole thing in the oven and bake it, then after it is cooked I cut and seed it. Call me silly for never thinking of it before, but after all the years of detesting having to cut the hard squash, it was like a miracle when I found out you could bake it without cutting it first. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/reaction-from-butternut-squash-dry-and-cracking-hands#post-377382 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 10:34:04 +0000 cvbee 377382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>whoa! never heard of this </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/reaction-from-butternut-squash-dry-and-cracking-hands#post-377328 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 09:08:31 +0000 Foodnerd81 377328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I could be wrong but I think it is one of those things that affects a lot of people but not all, like asparagus pee smell, and mosquito bites or poison ivy (though not sure it would be considered an allergic reaction). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/reaction-from-butternut-squash-dry-and-cracking-hands#post-377203 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:46:53 +0000 lovehoneybee 377203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had this reaction when I made butternut squash soup last week! It was the first time it ever happened, so I thought it was just a weird fluke--I didn't realize it was a fairly common reaction! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/reaction-from-butternut-squash-dry-and-cracking-hands#post-377202 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:43:22 +0000 pinkcupcake 377202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh weird! Never heard of it and it hasn't happened to me but it sounds very unpleasant! :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/reaction-from-butternut-squash-dry-and-cracking-hands#post-374609 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 10:21:30 +0000 JerricaBenton 374609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsbells: I think it's like the sap that seeps out of the skin when it's cut and while it bakes - so because I am weird and don't want to waste it I used to eat leftover right off the cut pieces of skin so my mouth was right up on it :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/reaction-from-butternut-squash-dry-and-cracking-hands#post-374393 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 08:28:42 +0000 Mrsbells 374393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Yep it was my left hand too! I was freaking out at first lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/reaction-from-butternut-squash-dry-and-cracking-hands#post-374389 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 08:27:13 +0000 Foodnerd81 374389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes it always happens to my left hand, since I hold the squash with it. If you are careful of how long you hold it and wash your hands a few times, it's not quite as bad but I do still get a reaction. I love it though so I'll still do it.<br /> I never heard of the reaction from cooked squash, but I actually did have something like @JerricaBenton: with really dry kind of painful lips and gums. I wonder if had squash at the same time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/reaction-from-butternut-squash-dry-and-cracking-hands#post-374381 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 08:23:13 +0000 Mrsbells 374381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JerricaBenton: wow it happens from cooked squash too? I thought it only happened from exposure to the raw skin.</p> <p>There really should be a warning on them,because I honestly didnt know what was causing my hands to crack so badly until I googled it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/reaction-from-butternut-squash-dry-and-cracking-hands#post-374379 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 08:20:52 +0000 JerricaBenton 374379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a friend that this happened to! And here's a little TMI about me but when I bake squash I slice it out into chunks to serve and a few times I ate the leftover squash attached to the skin and I got a horrible rash around my mouth! Mangoes do that to me too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/reaction-from-butternut-squash-dry-and-cracking-hands#post-374350 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 08:04:35 +0000 Mrsbells 374350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I introduced squash to my baby this week and it went ok I guess, but I had a really odd reaction to the squash</p> <p>I found a blogger that had the same reaction when I googled it online <a href="http://foodworld-eva.blogspot.com/2010/01/squash-reaction-on-skin.html" rel="nofollow">http://foodworld-eva.blogspot.com/2010/01/squash-reaction-on-skin.html</a><br /> Has anyone else experienced this? I dont plan to cook squash again because of this, it was a bit sweet for me anyway and my LO didnt seem to like it as much as she liked green beans </p>