tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740416282921239896.post3846517602133175857..comments2022-11-11T16:33:10.730-06:00Comments on Cook-A-Long: On GourdsLizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01894965829304567640noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740416282921239896.post-21267781861392782402007-11-08T15:02:00.000-06:002007-11-08T15:02:00.000-06:00Great minds, you know!Yeah I think there are some ...Great minds, you know!<BR/><BR/>Yeah I think there are some melons in this particular painting, but there are some gourds as well, some zuccini looking things and squash from what I can tell. <BR/><BR/>Personally I'm resigned to make due with what I can get, but I wanted people to have the info so they could make their own decisions.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894965829304567640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740416282921239896.post-75728957765879269642007-11-08T08:35:00.000-06:002007-11-08T08:35:00.000-06:00Bizarre. I was up last night looking for pictures ...Bizarre. I was up last night looking for pictures of recognizable squash-type veggies and researching the possibility of getting edible gourds at the same time you were, apparently. I love looking at those late 16th c. market scenes and recognizing artichokes and califlour and so forth, but the things that look like "gourds" could be squash or melon. Some of the pix had the fruit cut open, and they tend to look more like musk melon rather than squash, but that may simply be because the hybridization we deal with has changed the interior look of squash. <BR/><BR/>I think it'll be a little easier on me, since squash was known to the English during the 16th c to feel comfy redacting this with American hybrid varieties. You're before NWF, so it might be a little harder on your conscience. ;-)ecbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13884174050027125954noreply@blogger.com