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songbird wrote: (snip) this season a few of those were acorn squash and had fruits. hmmm... baked a few squash the other day (one acorn and a butternut). the inside looked like the acorn squash we used to get. actually yellow to orange colored instead of white and pasty. the flavor was excellent. I had had no idea what you meant by an 'acorn squash' so did a google and found out that its a winter squash http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_squash so that (and the butternut) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butternut_squash is what we Australians would just put under the name of pumpkins. Pumpkin is a staple foodstuff here in Oz and a very popular vegetable. Pumpkin is very, very rarely served here in any sweet form except for Pumpkin Scones (and they have become somewhat of a joke) hmm, well i like scones, so i'm pretty sure i'd like them with pumpkin in them too... in the USoA a common November/Thanksgiving/December/Christmas pie is pumpkin pie, which is a sweet custard with pumpkin and spices. i think that is where many of us get the idea that pumpkin and sweet go together. and probably the added fact that almost any food here in the states is now loaded with extra sugars/carbohydrates of one kind or another. it is one of our favorite foods (pumpkin/squash). as a very young kid (about 2yrs old) i was said to have climbed the cupboard drawers and sat on the counter and feasted on two pumpkin pies. alas, i have no memory of the event, but i do not doubt it as i'd probably still climb cupboards if i had to... songbird |
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songbird wrote: Farm1 wrote: songbird wrote: (snip) this season a few of those were acorn squash and had fruits. hmmm... baked a few squash the other day (one acorn and a butternut). the inside looked like the acorn squash we used to get. actually yellow to orange colored instead of white and pasty. the flavor was excellent. I had had no idea what you meant by an 'acorn squash' so did a google and found out that its a winter squash http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_squash so that (and the butternut) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butternut_squash is what we Australians would just put under the name of pumpkins. Pumpkin is a staple foodstuff here in Oz and a very popular vegetable. Pumpkin is very, very rarely served here in any sweet form except for Pumpkin Scones (and they have become somewhat of a joke) hmm, well i like scones, so i'm pretty sure i'd like them with pumpkin in them too... in the USoA a common November/Thanksgiving/December/Christmas pie is pumpkin pie, which is a sweet custard with pumpkin and spices. i think that is where many of us get the idea that pumpkin and sweet go together. and probably the added fact that almost any food here in the states is now loaded with extra sugars/carbohydrates of one kind or another. The pumpkin in this case is what the French call "citrouille". In the U.S. it is basically a cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove delivery system. it is one of our favorite foods (pumpkin/squash). as a very young kid (about 2yrs old) i was said to have climbed the cupboard drawers and sat on the counter and feasted on two pumpkin pies. alas, i have no memory of the event, but i do not doubt it as i'd probably still climb cupboards if i had to... songbird -- Palestinian Child Detained http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzSzH38jYcg Remember Rachel Corrie http://www.rachelcorrie.org/ Welcome to the New America. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA736oK9FPg |
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