[Sca-cooks] Marrow

[Terry Decker]

The problem is genus Cucurbita is of New World origin.  The Cucurbita
replaced the Langenaria, or bottle gourds, on European tables beginning in
the 16th Century.

The OED places the first use of marrow as referring to a cucurbit in 1816.
Thus pre-17th Century cooking references to marrow are almost certainly
referring to bone marrow.

Bear


>Yes, British vegetable marrows are part of the
>marrow/zuchini group of Summer squashes or
>cucurbita pepo. Alan Davidson notes that the
>British have for some time taken to growing them
>to extreme sizes and dimensions for contests and
>exhibitions.
>
>Johnnae llyn Lewis Johnna Holloway
>
>Linda Peterson wrote:
>> We're discussing marrow and it's use in puddings and rissoles. I think
>> it's refering to bone marrow, but someone suggests squash. Can anyone
>> expound on which is most likely and if the brittish vegetable marrow is
>> really what we think of here as an overgrown zuchinni? Mirhaxa
>   mirhaxa at morktorn.com
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