[Sca-cooks] OOP-OT Squash

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Jul 15, 2008, at 4:18 PM, Lilinah wrote:

> Ian wrote:
>> Odd you should say that.  Did you know that loofa are actually  
>> cooked as
>> food in some cultures?
>>
>> True.  Stephen Fry said so.
>
> Don't just take Stephen Fry's word. I can by young gourds for  
> cooking - the variety that turn into luffas when old - at the  
> Berkeley Bowl and any Asian food market. Heck, I was eating them  
> back in the late 60s/early 70s, when i was a vegetarian.
>
> I like them (and most other young gourds) infinitely better than  
> zucchini, of which i am not fond.

All that said, and I won't argue it, you can definitely take Stephen  
Fry's word for it. He's Jeeves.

Adamantius




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