I have grown many squash varieties but not this one so I have no idea how it tastes. I do have a link below that I found that has more info and a picture of an argonaut squash.

As fas as cooking...had a lot of older customers who come to my pumpkin and squash roadside stand say they cook overlarge/long squash by cutting in half and baking on cookie sheet. Many of them freeze the leftover squash.
As far as individual recipes....google "argonaut squash recipes" and it brings up LOTS of different variations.

Hope this helps!
Sue

Here is a link that might be useful: Argonaut Squash info page w/photo

Impressive size and "hefty" feeling squashes. Unlike most C. moschata varieties, the skin isn't uniformly buff colored at harvest, but dark green striped with buff/tan. I had them last year, it's a good variety, very productive.

Frankly, I think pretty much ANY C. moschata variety I've ever tried tastes about the same -- sweet, smooth, rich, deep orange color, etc. Doesn't seem to matter, from the smallest butternuts to the biggest argonauts and even the round 'Long Island Cheese' types, they all seem to taste about the same to me, by far the best eating quality of any squash, IMO.

If halves are too big to go into your oven, cut each half in half.

Once, I grew a tremendously massive Warted Blue Hubbard that was so hard, I couldn't cut it with a knife, and so big there was absolutely no possibility of getting it into the oven whole, and I wanted to cook it on Thanksgiving. I finally wrapped it in a couple of garbage bags, took it out onto my front porch, and tossed it up into the air so that it would crash down on my concrete driveway and smash into pieces small enough to handle. It took a couple of squash flings, but I finally got it broken into pieces small enough to fit into my roasting pans.

Dennis
SE Michigan

I'm having a good smile picturing you tossing the squash on Thanksgiving.

:-)

Makes me think about the Cranium game I played with my family on vacation last week (think trivial pursuit with pictionary and charades). I had to give the charades clue for "butternut squash". I mimed picking a large veggie from a vine (got choruses of "watermelon," "pumpkin," "canteloupe") I gave the "keep em coming" sign and mimed jumping up and down on the veggie to which my brother-in-law said "smashing pumpkins" and my hubby said "squash." I gave a curvy hand signal for a narrow neck with wide base and lo and behold DH said "butternut squash" to the groans of the other team.

Now I'm going downstairs to tell my hubby that the veggie is called squash because sometimes you have to break 'em to bake 'em.

LOL

wild forager

Let us know how yours turn out. I almost ordered Argonaut last year but decided to go with the regular Waltham Butternut. If they are good, I wouldn't mind trying them next year.

wild forager
I was just curious how your Argonaut Squash did last year. Did you like it, and are you planning on growing it again this year?

Did anyone else grow them last year and if so how did they work out?

I wasn't planning on growing them this year, but I would still like to grow them in the future.

I am growing Argonaut squash for the first time in sandy California soil. I thought I would never see a squash on the vines but suddenly they appeared. They are growing very fast-6 on two very large vines. One is about 14 inches long. They should be ready to harvest in about 6 weeks- just in time for Thanksgiving!!

I grew a couple of plants a few years ago that produced fruits that weighed 32 & 30lbs respectively. The vines were each over 30ft. I donated them to a homeless shelter in Marietta, Ga. Everybody there enjoyed them & they still talk about how big & tasty they were! It made me so happy; still does!