[Sca-cooks] Seljuk/Rumi/Sufi Cuisine

[Kathleen Gormanshaw]

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 4:25 PM,  <lilinah at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> (sarcasm on) She also includes such 13th century
>> Anatolian favorites as butternut squash and
>> zucchini, both New World in origin. (sarcasm off)
>> Is she suggesting them as substitutes for the period 'gourd'? I've seen
>> this
>> done before (and done it myself, upon occasion).
>
> I would have no problem with that, although getting various edible gourds is
> not that difficult if one lives where there are Middle Eastern, South Asian,
> Southeast Asian, or East Asian markets. And now that i have been using them,
> i find them far preferable in flavor and texture to zucchini, which is very
> watery by comparison.

What are they called in the stores?  Any chance you have pictures of them?

We have a variety of grocery stores around, but identifying what I
might want is harder :-)

Eyrny