SC - Figs!

[marilyn traber]

Food for thought...squash blossoms only aren't just stuffed, my mother
dipped them in egg, and cornmeal or bread crumbs and fried them,
although I don't have the knowledge to say whether that was a period
way of doing the tiny white blossoms, they are pretty tiny too.  I have
tried the last two years to grow those squash without much success,
growing season is too short here, the squash grew to about the size of
an pinky finger on a small woman's hand..  Although I have planted them
again this year, I'll let everyone know how they turn out if you wish. 

	Angeline

On Thu, 11 Jun 1998 LrdRas at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 6/11/98 7:21:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> robyn.probert at lawpoint.com.au writes:
> 
> <<  think it is likely that these were a delicacy in our period too, but I
>  haven't found any period sources for these, nor (so far) any italian food
>  paintings showing the flowers. If anyone has any info, please let me know! >>
> 
> I hate to be the bearer of bad news here but the flowers of white flowered
> guords luffas, Italian Edible, Gooseneck, Bird's Nest) are no more than 1 inch
> across unlike the flowers of New World squashes which can attain rather large
> demensions. They would be next to impossible to stuff with anything. The
> suggestion for substituting Zucchini for the actual guords indicated was
> merely an attempt to offer a substitution that had a taste, texture and
> appearance similar to the real thing. My apologies if that suggestionsd has
> caused any confusion.
> 
> Ras
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