Domestic thing

So, as of late, I decided to cook every night for my husband, he gets home at 7:30. Dinner awaits him, which is truly unusual considering, before this he could count on his hand how many times I cooked for him. I like to cook things from scratch always, that is why I didn't do it often. We have a community garden plot (as some of you may know) with an abundance of squashes, pumpkin and zucchini.

I have taken the challenge to cook said squash and zucchini. Stuff zucchini sounded good, after all the zucchini bread and cake, it sounded like a relief. So I followed the recipe exactly, having been accused of being illiterate while baking in past, it said cook the zucchini in the microwave for 5 minutes on high. No further instructions on step number 2. Four minutes later I hear a canon shot thunk and see the zucchini split bottom. Step number 2 never instructed me to fork the zucchini. Why use a recipe if you have to think for yourself?

Writers of squash and zucchini as a beginning baker/cook of the veggies that are tough skinned. I plead with you in behalf of my poor microwave that may never recover from the hard hit blow, please include the simple steps of forking the tough skinned beast before nuking it's nutrients out. That is all!