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  2. Squash blossom - Wikipedia

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    In the Campania, Calabria, Latium and Sicily regions of Italy and in some parts of Catalonia (Spain) they are frequently made into fritters. [citation needed]In Mexican cuisine, especially in Central Mexico, squash blossom (known as flor de calabaza [] in Spanish) is widely used, particularly in soups and as a filling for quesadillas.

  3. Cucurbita argyrosperma - Wikipedia

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    Cucurbita argyrosperma, commonly known as cushaw, kershaw, or silver-seed gourd, is a species of squash most grown most frequently in North and Central America, and believed to originate from southern Mexico.

  4. Cucurbita pepo - Wikipedia

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    A poultice of seeds and blossoms is applied to cactus scratches. [32] Fresh squash is cut into spiral strips, folded into hanks and hung up to dry for winter use. The blossoms are cooked in grease [clarification needed] and used as a delicacy in combination with other foods. Fresh squash, either whole or in pieces, is roasted in ashes and used ...

  5. List of gourds and squashes - Wikipedia

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    This list of gourds and squashes provides an alphabetical list of (mostly edible) varieties of the plant genus Cucurbita, commonly called gourds, squashes, pumpkins and zucchinis/courgettes.

  6. Cucurbita - Wikipedia

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    Summer squash have a thin, edible skin. The seeds of both types can be roasted, eaten raw, made into pumpkin seed oil, [73] ground into a flour or meal, [120] or otherwise prepared. Squashes are primarily grown for the fresh food market. [121] Pumpkin custard made from kabocha, a cultivated variant of C. maxima

  7. Cucurbita moschata - Wikipedia

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    Naples long squash or Courge pleine de Naples – a large, long squash with deep green skin and small bulb at the end. It is 10 to 25 kg on average and found in France and Italy [ 16 ] São Paulo pumpkin or Abóbora paulista is a butternut-shaped variety with well-defined white and green stripes along its length

  8. Is Pumpkin Pie Actually Squash? & Other Facts You Didn ... - AOL

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    It wasn’t until after the Civil War, when Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, that pumpkin pie expanded its reach from New England to the rest of the country.

  9. Cucurbita ficifolia - Wikipedia

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    In Spain this squash is used to make a jam known as "cabello de ángel" (angel's hair), "cabell d'àngel" in Catalan, that is used to fill pies, sweets and confectionery. In Portugal , where the fruit is known as "chila" or "gila", the jam is known as " doce de gila ", is used extensively in the production of traditional Portuguese sweets and ...