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Gourds?
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 --=20 Swap books with other people in the UK http://www.bookexchange.tk/ |
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Gourds?
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 --=20 |
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Gourds?
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 |
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