I saw some vegetables at the farm shop which I hadn't tried before so in =
a moment of madness I just bought them. I now have no idea what to do =
with them or what they are exactly.

I know that they are gourds, which can be called pumpkins in some =
countries, but they aren't the big orange pumpkins popular at Halloween.

I've got four different varieties.
The first is a cream egg shaped one which is around the size of a =
grapefruit.
Another looks like the top half of a normal pumpkin, and the botton half =
resembling an alien made from 4 equal bumps.
The next is a small tennis ball shape with green and yellow stripes and =
can be seen at http://www.being.com/gourd.jpg
And the last is an cream coloured globular alien being with a row of =
pointy bobbles in a circle around the top a little like =
http://www.jeffspirit.com/gourd.jpg

Does anyone know what they are called? Or how to use them?

Do I just use them like pumpkins or do I need any special recipes?

Sarah
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Here in the states, those gourds are strictly ornamental. The second link you
gave is most beautiful. It seems with the proper conditions you could dry them
and keep them for quite a while. Sorry I don't know the variety, but I'd like
to.

"Sarah Carter" wrote:
I saw some vegetables at the farm shop which I hadn't tried before so in =
a moment of madness I just bought them. I now have no idea what to do =
with them or what they are exactly.

I know that they are gourds, which can be called pumpkins in some =
countries, but they aren't the big orange pumpkins popular at Halloween.

I've got four different varieties.
The first is a cream egg shaped one which is around the size of a =
grapefruit.
Another looks like the top half of a normal pumpkin, and the botton half =
resembling an alien made from 4 equal bumps.
The next is a small tennis ball shape with green and yellow stripes and =
can be seen at http://www.being.com/gourd.jpg
And the last is an cream coloured globular alien being with a row of =
pointy bobbles in a circle around the top a little like =
http://www.jeffspirit.com/gourd.jpg

Does anyone know what they are called? Or how to use them?

Do I just use them like pumpkins or do I need any special recipes?

Sarah
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Swap books with other people in the UK
http://www.bookexchange.tk/






BRBR

Sue M.

Sue milham wrote in message =
...
Here in the states, those gourds are strictly ornamental. The second =
link you
gave is most beautiful. It seems with the proper conditions you could =
dry them
and keep them for quite a while. Sorry I don't know the variety, but =
I'd like
to.

Trust me to buy something that no-one knows how to use (apart from =
drying them) (

Thanks for the idea Sue. Shame I'm on a decluttering mission at the =
moemnt, else I might have tried drying them.

Sarah
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Sarah wrote:
snip
And the last is an cream coloured globular alien being with a row of =
pointy bobbles in a circle around the top a little like =
http://www.jeffspirit.com/gourd.jpg

Does anyone know what they are called? Or how to use them?

The last one is a 'crown of thorns' gourd... here's a good link with probably
everything you could want to know about gourds ;-):

http://www.americangourdsociety.org/FAQ.html

hth,

Cheers,

Fritz