Carnival: Carnival looks like a brightly colored acorn squash. It has a nutty flavor and buttery texture. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times) Fairytale pumpkin:An old French variety, the fairytale has a tough outer rind but a relatively small seed cavity, meaning there’s plenty of sweet, cre...
Visual Aids Male and Female The female flower has an ovary, which looks like a little squash (which is what it does become) at the base.The lower example is the male, which is just on a stalk. Below are the flowers with petals removed to show the internal structure. ...
You will realize that long squash looks similar to that of a cucumber, right? With its smooth light green skin that is slightly hard, there is no doubt it belongs to the cucumber family. It will be like Maury reading a DNA test result for long squash-‘you are a member!’But as a ...
Butternut squash is grown in many parts of the world, but in Australia, Europe, and some parts of Asia it’s called pumpkin or Butternut Pumpkin. Butternut is a winter squash, a name which refers to squash that’s harvested when the skin has turned into a hard rind and which can be ...
I never pass up a piece of pumpkin pie, but don't care for the taste of squash. Even when this is made with butter and brown sugar, I have never acquired a taste for it. I don't know if it is a combination of the sugar and spices that are added to the pumpkin, but I think...
Move over, pumpkin spice latte — bold spices elevate a range of fall flavors. By Christopher Kimball Globe Correspondent,Updated October 15, 2024, 8:44 a.m. 4 Garam Masala-Spiced Pumpkin PieWes martin Lattes aside, pumpkin and warming spices are a natural pairing that lends itself to swee...
is long and cylindrical with a pale yellow rind that is striped or mottled in shades of cream, green, and orange. Sugarloaf is a sweet-flavored Delicata-type squash shaped like a pumpkin weighing 1½ pounds. Delicata JS is flavorful, oblong, green, and white-striped weighing 1½ ...
Pumpkin soup is delicious and one of my favorite things to eat when I need something comforting, yet still soft on my stomach. I highly suggest trying this recipe if you have always wanted to find a new way to enjoy pumpkin, or have never tried it before. Believe it or not, there ...
Buttercup squash quickly became a favorite in my kitchen, thanks to its rich, nutty flavor and creamy texture. It’s similar to roasting other types of winter squash, such as butternut squash, delicata squash, pumpkin, or acorn squash, but it’s a bit sweeter, so I balanced it out with...
Leave a couple inches of stem to dry on the pumpkin. This is like a “piko” or belly button for the pumpkin. Many of the squash that do not store properly were inadvertently damaged by the grower by removing the stem, which makes them vulnerable to an interior rot in tropical places....