SC - Period pumpkin recipes

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

I've been checking through the Spanish sources, since they seem likely 
to contain late-period pumpkin recipes.  the trouble is that the Spanish 
word for pumpkin "calabaza" also refers to various gourds and 
squashes.  I did find one recipe that looks promising.  It's various ways 
of stuffing calabazas.  The first variation calls for scooping out the 
insides of the calabaza, and filling it with a mixture that includes ground 
veal or pork, bacon, cheese, eggs, raisins, spices,  small chickens, and 
stuffed pigeons.  Is there anything in the cucurbita family that's large 
enough to accomodate this assortment, other than a pumpkin?


Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
Settmour Swamp, East (NJ)
mka Robin Carroll-Mann
harper at idt.net