[Sca-cooks] Squash in Scappi's Opera

[Johnna Holloway]

Professor Janick is the author of such papers
as
Janick, J. (2008). Giant pumpkins: Genetics and cultural  
breakthroughs. Chronica Horticulturae, 48(3), 16-17.

Janick, J., & H. S. Paris (2008). Cucurbitaccae 2008 (33-41). INRA.

Janick, J., S. S. Renner, J. Scarborough, H. Schaefer, & H. S. Paris  
(2008). Cucurbitacceae (273-280). INRA.

Janick, J. (2008). Reflections on linguistics as an aid to taxonomical  
identification of ancient Mediterranean cucurbit. Curcurbitacceae 2008  
(43-51). INRA.

Janick, J., & R. E. Paull (2008). Encylopedia of Fruits & Nuts. CAB  
International. This was just reviewed in the most recent issue of  
Gastronomica.

By all accounts he's considered to be an expert on the subject. I  
suspect he may well be able to look at a flower and tell if they are  
squash or not.

You could of course write the authors at Purdue University and ask.

They can be contacted at janick at purdue.edu.

Johnnae



On Sep 18, 2009, at 5:58 PM, David Friedman wrote:

>> Early Evidence for the Culinary Use of Squash Flowers in Italy
>> http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache:LfO8qEW9hm0J:www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/squashflowers.pdf+Jules+Janick+purdue+squash&hl=en&gl=us
>
> As far as I can see, the buds are closed, so you cannot see the  
> color of the flowers--white or yellow. So how can one tell if they  
> are C. Pepo (New World) or lageneria (Old World)? Is the shape of  
> the buds different?
> -- 
> David/Cariadoc
> www.daviddfriedman.com