"Bruce" wrote in message ...

On Fri, 15 Nov 2019 12:07:56 -0000, "Ophelia"
> wrote:

>"Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
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>
>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.

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What was it like? Not something I've ever had