Yeah or we could phrase it "have my squash blossoms and eat squash too"!

the easiest batter is one egg mixed with a bit of milk or water, garlic powder and flour - combine well and refrigerate for one hour before using it - when ready - dip and place in hot oil - make sure the oil is 365* F. - 375* F. or they will absorb the oil and lose their taste - they should crisp up well

I have never had these before, but it reminds me of an issue I had with my garden last year. In my idiocy over the last few years, I would feed some of the chipmunks outside of my house with peanuts. I thought it was neat that you could get them to climb right into your hand if you were patient enough.

Well, this was all fine and good until I started growing pumpkins. I kept noticing that the pumpkin blossoms were disappearing almost as soon as they would come out. One day, walking around the yard, I stood their stunned as I watched a chipmunk go right around and eat every visible blossom in my pumpkin patch! I couldn't believe that little bugger was sitting there with a flower in his/her mouth, chewing away.

Well, after that, I set up home made traps involving a half full bucket of water, sunflower seeds and a small 2X4, and that drowned about 15 chipmunks in a week. After that, I finally started getting pumpkins..

Ok Jafo I am going to be kind, but how could you? Poor little innocent chipmunks after all. It was only a few pumpkin blossoms :o! But you really needn't feed wild creatures it is dangerous and I guess now you understand all the other inherent complications that arise from such! But anyway!!! A lesson well learned.

MamaM thank you for the recipe, I am going to give it a whirl when the season arrives.

Well, I have been feeding animals for years, but I can't same the same about pumpkins.

I wanted to use this dusty hava-hart trap and catch them, then drive them a few miles and dump them in the woods somewhere, but it is against the law in NYS. They recommend you exterminate them.. Something to do with spreading disease.