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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.

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.
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.

@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

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!

whoa! never heard of this

@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.

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.