SC - Watermelon

[Lasairina at aol.com]

In a message dated 97-05-02 09:52:47 EDT, you write:

> I have been told and read that all the squash we commonly eat is New 
>  World.  I, too, would like to know what the 'guord' referred to in 
>  various recipes is.
>  
>  Clarissa

I found a recipe in the book "How to Cook Forsoothly," by Mistress Katrine de
Baillie du Chat called -Gourdes in Potage- which recommends either zuchinni
or cucumbers as the "gourd."  I have made it several times at wars with the
cucumbers, and there is never any leftovers...

Lassar Fhina