Exotic Squash

Learn about squash varieties, including butternut, delicata, and more. Discover flavors, cooking tips, and our favorite recipes for soups, casseroles, and pies. Confused in the squash aisle? Learn 18 types of squash-summer vs.

winter-plus how to pick, store, and cook each one with expert tips and easy recipe ideas. Looking for weird and wonderful squash to grow this summer? From unusually colored heirloom varieties and warty pumpkins, to miniature speckled 'soup bowl' squash to wow your dinner guests, and everything in between. There are some incredible and unusual squash varieties to choose from if you're looking to add something different to your vegetable garden.

Summer and winter squash are incredibly versatile! Whether you want to bake, sauté, grill or stuff them, here's how to grow and prepare squash of all kinds! Welcome to the definitive types of squash & pumpkins list! There are so many varieties of squash and pumpkins, from small green squash (like Kabocha and Buttercup) to large blue pumpkins (hello Hubbard) - and everything in between. This guide to all of the different types of squash helps you identify them, learn all about them, and how to cook them, too!

Unusual Squash to Try In the heirloom category, there are numerous rare types of squash. Many of these were once thought lost, but careful seed collection has seen these varieties come to modern light. Combine this fact with today's breeding programs, and the wild, and wacky world of squash is a colorful, shape shifting universe.

Rare Squash Varieties Many of the hard to find varieties of. How is Squash Best Eaten? While technically a fruit, similar to tomatoes, most people categorize squash as a vegetable due to its primarily savory uses. Due to both the flavor and texture, squash is rarely eaten uncooked.

While each squash variety has its best uses, generally it's safe to say squash is fabulous when baked and roasted. Their hearty nature also make them wonderful to offset. Discover 26 types of squash, from sweet summer varieties to hearty winter favorites.

Learn how to identify, cook, and enjoy each one in your kitchen. Page 14 of a 15-page glossary of exotic and heirloom vegetables; here, squash varieties. THE NIBBLE, Great Food Finds, is an online gourmet food magazine with 1000+ reviews of gourmet food and beverages, including gourmet vegetables.

Discover the exotic squashes kabocha, butternut, and delica, their flavors, benefits, and vegetarian recipe ideas.