The radio voice declared that someone without skills and with an attitude, is a nerd. Apparently, this was a French nerd. Is there any difference, I wondered?  I thought of my exchange this week with Mr Flighty and the definition he supplied of a nerd, from Chambers Dictionary .

My Butternut squash needed using. One section of the round end was looking distinctly unhappy.  I thought of advice given me by friend Lois a long time ago. So, Lois, I cut the squash into wedges (unpeeled) and de-seeded the sections; I placed the wedges into a hot oven to bake and... promptly forgot them! 

The aroma is wonderful and I just caught the wedges - ages later - with the skin blistered, rather darker than they should be, but possibly, useable. Hubby thinks they might make good giant, gnawing crisps.