On Friday, November 15, 2019 at 1:05:22 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Nov 2019 12:07:56 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
> >"Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
> ...
> >
> >On Friday, November 15, 2019 at 4:18:50 AM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
> >> "songbird" wrote in message ...
> >>
> >> A Moose in Love wrote:
> >> > On Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 6:37:19 PM UTC-5, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> >> >> good site: Interesting recipes.
> >> >> https://www.epicurious.com/ingredien...ieties-article
> >> >
> >> > This is not a winter squash. However, I don't see it mentioned here so
> >> > I
> >> > thought I'd chime in. My mom makes a good vegetable marrow squash dish.
> >> > I don't know her exact recipe but the following looks as though it may
> >> > be
> >> > close...
> >> > Her technique uses dill and sour cream.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > https://kitchenbliss.ca/hungarian-cr...ash-tokfozelek
> >>
> >> the marrow squash and zucchini are close enough that i think
> >> they can be used.
> >>
> >> i've never had any of the dishes described, but would try
> >> them.
> >>
> >>
> >> songbird
> >>
> >> ====
> >>
> >> We have never eaten 'squashes?' but I do use zucchini instead of
> >> spaghetti sometimes. We like that.
> >
> >Yes, you have:
> >
> >Squash: "any of various fruits of plants (genus Cucurbita) of the gourd
> >family
> >widely cultivated as vegetables"
> >
> >This includes Cucurbita pepo: field pumpkin, summer squash, zucchini,
> >vegetable marrow, courgette, acorn squash
> >
> >For additional members of the Cucurbita genus:
> >
> ><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbita#Taxonomy>
> >
> >Cindy Hamilton
> >
> >===
> >
> > You got me
)) I have eaten and cooked zucchini/courgette (same thing
> >here) but that is all!! None of the rest.
> >
> > Never had any of the others or come to think of it, never had the
> >courgettes when I was growing up either.
>
> I think they were only introduced in the Netherlands in the 70s. They
> were a Mediterranean thing before.
>
> The only other "squash" I've had is that small yellow thing that looks
> like a flying saucer. Something pan.
I've eaten at least eight types of squash:
zucchini
crookneck
patty pan
acorn
butternut
buttercup
kabocha
pumpkin
Maybe more. Zucchini the most frequently, by far.
Cindy Hamilton