cooking squash

so I have been cooking lots of squash lately,

so the big tricks are how the flavor turns out,
if you boil it, it comes out wet and more mild,
if you bake it, it comes out more dry and flavorful

and I have watched the little kitties eating the compost pile,
they seem to like the raw squash,
and they are growing faster than the ones that do not eat it...
so if they can gain weight eating it, and they are all set up for only eating meat, then I can likely eat it as well,
so I looked into it and found that you likely don't even need to bother cooking it if you don't want to.
http://kitchen-parade-veggieventure.blogspot.com/2011/09/raw-butternut-squash-salad.html
it is good to know, but not sure I am up for it if I don't need to,
http://www.smallfootprintfamily.com/raw-butternut-squash-cookies
but maybe it will be good