On 6/30/2013 3:05 PM, Ema Nymton wrote:
> On 6/30/2013 2:27 AM, sf wrote:
>
>> In my local grocery stores, the lighter green zucchini (lighter and
>> not a cylindrical) is called "Italian". I thought all zucchini was
>> Italian, so I have no idea why that one has the label.
>
> Our supermarkets have a handful of green squashes, chayote and pattypan
> being two of them. When I have time, I will have to check out the other
> ones and see what they are. Yellow crookneck and acorn are probably my
> favorite squashes.
>
> Becca
My local supermarket usually has green and yellow squashes that are
about the same size and price. I don't think they are labelled zucchini.
Those are the ones I normally use tho' I often bake chayote.

Does jicama count as a squash? I know it's not in the cucumber family
botanically and I usually eat it uncooked, particularly in gazpacho and
there is a shrimp stir-fry where it works well.

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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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