SC - gingered butternut squash soup (Was: Italian Ren Feast)

[Linda Carey]

Decker, Terry D. wrote:

> > While I have not been able to confirm it, I
> > > suspect
> > > butternuts are modern variants and  bottle gourds or Japanese
> pumpkin
> > > would
> > > have been more likely to be used in period.
> > >
> > > Bear
> >
> >
> > I think I'll see how it tastes tonight, then see about changing the
> > recipe to maybe substitute pumpkin for the squash, might that work?
> > Seannach
> >
> Be careful!  The term pumpkin is general, as are the terms squash and
> gourd.
> They appear to be loosely based on the shape of the fruit and are
> applied to
> members of the family Cucurbitaceae usually of the species Cucurbita
> and
> Lagenaria.  For example, what we call a pumpkin is a variant of
> Cucurbita
> pepo.
>
> Japanese pumpkin is a variant of Cucurbita moschata as is the
> butternut
> squash and therefore should be closer in taste and texture to the
> butternut
> squash than to the pumpkin.
>
> This kind of headache is why we often use species and genus when
> discussing
> a particular plant or animal.  It assures us are discussing the same
> thing.
>
> Bear
>

Oh, gosh, now that I'm totally confused....are you saying that if I
substitute regular ol' pumpkin, that it won't be period?  I think I'm
gonna cry!--Seannach    <still grinning>




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