Butternut squash

Butternut squash

Taxobox
name = Butternut squash


image_width = 225px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Cucurbitales
familia = Cucurbitaceae
genus = "Cucurbita"
species = "C. moschata"
binomial = "Cucurbita moschata"
binomial_authority = (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir.

Butternut squash ("Cucurbita moschata"), also known in Australia and Great Britain as Butternut pumpkin [http://www.sydneymarkets.com.au/fandv/pum_index.htm Sydney Markets - Welcome to the World of Pumpkins] ] , is a type of winter squash. It has a sweet, nutty taste that is similar to pumpkin. It has yellow skin and orange fleshy pulp. When ripe, it turns increasingly deep orange, and becomes sweeter and richer. It grows on a vine. The most popular variety, the Waltham Butternut, originated in Stow, Massachusetts, on what is now the Butternut Farm Golf Club. ["Butternut Farm Golf Club." [http://stow.massachusetts.com/teetimes.html?Action=Information&CourseID=ORQ~14500] Access date 19 February 2008.]

Uses

Butternut squash is a vegetable that can be roasted and toasted and also be puréed or mashed into soups, casseroles, breads, and muffins.

In Australia it is regarded as a pumpkin, and used interchangeably with other types of pumpkin.

A common vegetable in South Africa, it makes a very tasty soup and can be cooked on a barbecue (known as a braai in South Africa) wrapped in foil with spices such as nutmeg and cinnamon.

It is a good source of fiber, vitamin C, manganese, magnesium, and potassium. It is also an excellent source of vitamin A.

Origin

The butternut and related species of squash originate from around Mexico - separate from pumpkins or "winter squash", which originate in South America.

External links

* [http://delectable-victuals.blogspot.com/2006/12/butternut-squash-side.html Recipe ] using butternut squash

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