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Squash
Types of Squash Available
Acorn Squash
Ambercup Squash
Autumn Cup Squash
Australian Blue Squash or Queensland Blue Winter Squash
Baby Boo Pumpkin
Banana Squash
Bitter Melon (bitter melon = balsam pear = bitter cucumber = bitter gourd = ampalaya = Chinese bitter melon = foo gwa = karela)
Buttercup Squash
Calabash
Calabaza or West Indian Squash
Carnival Squash
Chayote Squash or Christophen Squash
Cheese Wheels or Cheese Pumpkin
Chinese Okra, Luffa Gourd or Silk Melon
Chinese okra tastes and cooks similarly to zucchini; the ridges add a decorative element to dishes and crudités. Neither needs to be peeled or seeded. Look for the young okra—older Chinese okra tends to be bitter, and the rough ridges and spine become tougher with age. (Chinese okra = silk squash = silk melon = Taiwanese okra )
Notes: There can either have a smooth surface or one with deep ridges. The ridged version is sometimes called angled luffa = angled loofa = angled loofah. Substitutes: zucchini
Cinderella Pumpkin or Red Etampes
The pumpkin believed to be the pumpkin Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother transformed into a carriage. Although perfectly edible, most use the Cinderella pumpkin as a decorative pumpkin.
Crookneck Squash
Cucumber
Cucuzza or Italian Squash
“Cucuzza” is the general term for squash in Italy, so it makes sense that the cucuzza is also called Italian squash. Its long, curved and bottom-heavy body also earned it the title of “bottle gourd.” It can be prepared just like zucchini and has the same tender, mildly-sweet characteristics.
Cushaw Squash
Decorative Squash
Decorative squash are edible winter squash with unusual shapes and/or markings that make attractive centerpieces and other household decor. They are also known as ornamental squash. Examples include the baby boo pumpkin, carnival squash, the calabash squash above, the delicata squash below, and the turban squash. Delicata Squash or Sweet Potato Squash
Eight-Ball Squash
The fattened, round eight-ball squash from California is a spherical hybrid of zucchini. Sharing the same dark, speckled green skin and plump insides, this squash can be prepared exactly the same way as zucchini. If your family doesn’t like zucchini, show them these eight-balls: They’re so much more fun!
Fairytale Pumpkin
Gold Nugget Squash
Gooseneck Squash
A winter squash similar to the calabash squash. But instead of the calabash’s bottleneck shape the neck is naturally bent to resemble a goose’s neck.
Gourd
There are edible gourds (squash), and those non-edible varieties used as vessels, musical instruments and for decor. Gourds are believed to be the earliest plant domesticated by man, in Africa, where they were used as bowls and bottles (they are still used today to drink yerba maté in South America). The rattling dried seeds inside enable gourds to be used as percussion instruments; even today, gourds are used as resonating chambers on certain stringed instruments and drums, especially in the Caribbean.
Green-Striped Cushaw Squash
Hubbard Squash (Blue, Golden, Green, or Gray)
Kabocha Squash
Luffa Gourd See Chinese Okra
Lumina
A round, white squash that is sometimes carved like a pumpkin for decoration
Orangetti Squash or Vegetable Spaghetti
Pattypan or Sunburst Squash
Pebbled or Warty
Refers to the bumps on the surface of some varieties of squash. The pebbles are considered to add to the attractiveness as decorative gourds, and have no impact on flavor.
Pumpkin
Red Kuri Squash or Uchiki Kuri Squash or Orange Hokkaido
Spaghetti Squash or Vegetable Spaghetti
Sweet Dumpling Squash
Turban or Turkish Turban Squash
The turban squash is distinctively shaped like a sultan’s turban and can be strikingly colored. It can vary from orange, red, green and white, sometimes combining all four colors as shown in the photo at right. The flavor of the yellow flesh reminds some of hazelnut, and its good size makes a wonderful bowl for an individual serving of soup when it is hollowed out. The bottom can be cut off to be hollowed out or stuffed.
winter melon = ash pumpkin = winter gourd = Chinese winter melon = wax gourd
Substitutes: bitter melon (much smaller; salt and let stand for 30 minutes before cooking to reduce bitterness)
Yellow Squash or Yellow Zucchini
Zucchini and Zucchini Blossom
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