[Sca-cooks] Re: butternut squash

[Terry Decker]

I think you will find Asian pumpkins are all genus Cucurbita and thus New 
World in origin.  There is some argument about when and how they arrived in 
Asia, but I tend to find many of the diffusionist arguments highly 
questionable.

The most accurate vegetable is one from genus Lagenaria, the bottle gourds.

Bear


> What about as a substitute for Asian pumpkin (which might or might not be 
> period)? I'm going to dig through some books when I can find them.
>
> Berelinde