Posted by Zootal on August 19, 2009, 3:35 pm
I have some seeds I picked up at a local oriental food store for "Hybrid
Squash, King Ka Ae F1". The seeds are from the Asia Seed Co, Seol, Korea. I
bought them and am currently growing them. I choose them just to try
something different. If you go to http://www.asiaseed.kr/ , select the
seventh entry under "Shopping Category", you see a page with different
squaash types. Scroll down to the bottom of the page, you see [1] [2],
indicating two pages. Select the [2]. Scroll to bottom. The lower left
picture shows three zuchinni-type green squash. The site and seed packet are
all in Korean and I've not had much luck translating. I asked at the store,
but the young man there didn't know anything about them except that he
thought they were known as "Korean Pumpkin".
So, they are a vining squash plant, prolific. I picked the fruit at about
eight inches, they look just as pictured on the web site and see packet.
They taste like pumpkin or winter squash - not at all like a summer squash.
Anyone know anything about these? How they are grown, how they are eaten?
Harvested small, big, etc.?
I can take pics of the plants in my garden and post them if anyone wants to
see them.
Posted by Zootal on August 20, 2009, 2:05 pm
> Zootal said:
>>
>>I have some seeds I picked up at a local oriental food store for "Hybrid
>>Squash, King Ka Ae F1". The seeds are from the Asia Seed Co, Seol, Korea.
>>I bought them and am currently growing them. I choose them just to try
>>something different. If you go to http://www.asiaseed.kr/ , select the
>>seventh entry under "Shopping Category", you see a page with different
>>squaash types. Scroll down to the bottom of the page, you see [1] [2],
>>indicating two pages. Select the [2]. Scroll to bottom. The lower left
>>picture shows three zuchinni-type green squash. The site and seed packet
>>are all in Korean and I've not had much luck translating. I asked at the
>>store, but the young man there didn't know anything about them except
>>that he thought they were known as "Korean Pumpkin".
>>
>>So, they are a vining squash plant, prolific. I picked the fruit at about
>>eight inches, they look just as pictured on the web site and see packet.
>>They taste like pumpkin or winter squash - not at all like a summer
>>squash.
>>
>>Anyone know anything about these? How they are grown, how they are
>>eaten? Harvested small, big, etc.?
> The picture on the web page almost exactly like the squash that I've seen
> used in the Korean television show Dae Jang Geum**. These were sliced
> in coins (or half-moons) and added to stir-fried, steamed and stewed
> dishes. One time I saw it as a dried vegetable, which was soaked to
> reconstitute and then used in a stewed dish.
> Google translate gives the name of the squash you are talking about as
> "stud squash" -- certainly sounds like an awkward translation. Is that
> some
> reference to, hmm, virility?
> This is obviously not a zuchinni type sqash as it grows on running vines,
> but from the picture given it looks to be a variety selected to be used
> when
> still tender and young. (In fact, the previous page has a picture of what
> is
> obviously a typical Western zuchinni/ summer squash.)
> I think you might want to look for Korean recipes that require "ho-bak" or
> "ae ho-bak" (baby squash) and see what you might like to try.
> If you were to take pictures, I'd like to see the blossoms and the stem
> end
> of the fruit. Are the leaves and flowers the same size as you'd expect
> in, say
> a pumpkin or are they smaller?
Thanks for the info! We've had hot weather lately, and the plants haven't
done as well as my other squash has. They did real well until the temp hit
about 85+. A week ago we had almost a week of 100 degree weather, and the
plants did not like it at all. They wilt easily under the sun, much more so
then other squash.
There weren't any blossoms open today, but here is a pic that shows the
leaves and a bud that will probably be open tomorrow. The flowers look like
other squash flowers - I'll be sure to get a pic of this one tomorrow when
it is open.
http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2009/2009AugustKoreanPumpkin/images/DSCF6228.JPG
They are long vining plants and have grown out into the grass and the
neighbors field. The leaves are mottled, this pic shows the older leaves
with faint white blotches, and newer yellowish leaves grew when the weather
was hot.:
http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2009/2009AugustKoreanPumpkin/images/DSCF6222.JPG
3-4 inch fruit - note the damage to the leaf. Some of my cucumbers developed
the same type of leaf damage after the last bout of 100+ heat we had, where
other varieties seemed to like the heat just fine:
http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2009/2009AugustKoreanPumpkin/images/DSCF6219.JPG
http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2009/2009AugustKoreanPumpkin/images/DSCF6220.JPG
http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2009/2009AugustKoreanPumpkin/images/DSCF6221.JPG
This morning my wife discovered a long vine that went through our tomatillos
and came out the other end and started to climb the fence - I had no idea it
was there. You can see the tomatillo fruits in this pic, as well as the vine
snaking its way through. This fruit is ~10 inches long or so - that is my
wife's hand holding it. I haven't decided if I want pick it or let it grow
and see what it does. The fruits taste like pumpkin, not zuchinni, and I'm
thinking it might make good pies (we make squash pies out of all kinds of
winter squash - nummy!)
http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2009/2009AugustKoreanPumpkin/images/DSCF6223.JPG
Posted by Billy on August 20, 2009, 9:15 pm
It looks like what I'm growing as Squash 'Tromboncino'
<http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm2.static.flickr.com/10
71/855541439_fde49f6fb3.jpg%3Fv%3D0&imgrefurl=http://flickr.com/photos/sa
trina0/855541439/&usg=__bdBTW-VM6y3ZNEYMheOMMc9N5RM=&h75&wP0&sz3&h
l=en&start=9&um=1&tbnid=Skjf6g5pkrgIYM:&tbnh˜&tbnw0&prev=/images%3Fq
%3DTromboncino%2BSquash,%2Bpic%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26s
a%3DX%26um%3D1> and the leaves in your first picture look identical.
I'll try to post a picture of them this week-end. Mine are a little on
the short side, because my trellis fell over, ripping off part of the
plants. The trellis is now fixed, and they are back to climbing.
Mine don't have a pumpkin taste, but rather a light artichoke flavor.
The "Tromboncino" that I've grown in the past had a bulbous flower end
but two of the ones (4) I'm growing this year don't show it on the seed
packet.
> > Zootal said:
> >>
> >>I have some seeds I picked up at a local oriental food store for "Hybrid
> >>Squash, King Ka Ae F1". The seeds are from the Asia Seed Co, Seol, Korea.
> >>I bought them and am currently growing them. I choose them just to try
> >>something different. If you go to http://www.asiaseed.kr/ , select the
> >>seventh entry under "Shopping Category", you see a page with different
> >>squaash types. Scroll down to the bottom of the page, you see [1] [2],
> >>indicating two pages. Select the [2]. Scroll to bottom. The lower left
> >>picture shows three zuchinni-type green squash. The site and seed packet
> >>are all in Korean and I've not had much luck translating. I asked at the
> >>store, but the young man there didn't know anything about them except
> >>that he thought they were known as "Korean Pumpkin".
> >>
> >>So, they are a vining squash plant, prolific. I picked the fruit at about
> >>eight inches, they look just as pictured on the web site and see packet.
> >>They taste like pumpkin or winter squash - not at all like a summer
> >>squash.
> >>
> >>Anyone know anything about these? How they are grown, how they are
> >>eaten? Harvested small, big, etc.?
> >
> > The picture on the web page almost exactly like the squash that I've seen
> > used in the Korean television show Dae Jang Geum**. These were sliced
> > in coins (or half-moons) and added to stir-fried, steamed and stewed
> > dishes. One time I saw it as a dried vegetable, which was soaked to
> > reconstitute and then used in a stewed dish.
> >
> > Google translate gives the name of the squash you are talking about as
> > "stud squash" -- certainly sounds like an awkward translation. Is that
> > some
> > reference to, hmm, virility?
> >
> > This is obviously not a zuchinni type sqash as it grows on running vines,
> > but from the picture given it looks to be a variety selected to be used
> > when
> > still tender and young. (In fact, the previous page has a picture of what
> > is
> > obviously a typical Western zuchinni/ summer squash.)
> >
> > I think you might want to look for Korean recipes that require "ho-bak" or
> > "ae ho-bak" (baby squash) and see what you might like to try.
> >
> > If you were to take pictures, I'd like to see the blossoms and the stem
> > end
> > of the fruit. Are the leaves and flowers the same size as you'd expect
> > in, say
> > a pumpkin or are they smaller?
>
> Thanks for the info! We've had hot weather lately, and the plants haven't
> done as well as my other squash has. They did real well until the temp hit
> about 85+. A week ago we had almost a week of 100 degree weather, and the
> plants did not like it at all. They wilt easily under the sun, much more so
> then other squash.
>
> There weren't any blossoms open today, but here is a pic that shows the
> leaves and a bud that will probably be open tomorrow. The flowers look like
> other squash flowers - I'll be sure to get a pic of this one tomorrow when
> it is open.
>
> http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2009/2009AugustKoreanPumpkin/images/DSCF6228.JP
> G
>
> They are long vining plants and have grown out into the grass and the
> neighbors field. The leaves are mottled, this pic shows the older leaves
> with faint white blotches, and newer yellowish leaves grew when the weather
> was hot.:
>
> http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2009/2009AugustKoreanPumpkin/images/DSCF6222.JP
> G
>
> 3-4 inch fruit - note the damage to the leaf. Some of my cucumbers developed
> the same type of leaf damage after the last bout of 100+ heat we had, where
> other varieties seemed to like the heat just fine:
> http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2009/2009AugustKoreanPumpkin/images/DSCF6219.JP
> G
> http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2009/2009AugustKoreanPumpkin/images/DSCF6220.JP
> G
> http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2009/2009AugustKoreanPumpkin/images/DSCF6221.JP
> G
>
> This morning my wife discovered a long vine that went through our tomatillos
> and came out the other end and started to climb the fence - I had no idea it
> was there. You can see the tomatillo fruits in this pic, as well as the vine
> snaking its way through. This fruit is ~10 inches long or so - that is my
> wife's hand holding it. I haven't decided if I want pick it or let it grow
> and see what it does. The fruits taste like pumpkin, not zuchinni, and I'm
> thinking it might make good pies (we make squash pies out of all kinds of
> winter squash - nummy!)
>
> http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2009/2009AugustKoreanPumpkin/images/DSCF6223.JP
> G
--
³When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the
poor have no food, they call you a communist.²
-Archbishop Helder Camara
http://tinyurl.com/o63ruj
http://countercurrents.org/roberts020709.htm
Posted by Zootal on August 21, 2009, 12:03 am
Tromboncino forms a bulb like shape at the end of the squash. Yours looks
more like mine. Hard to say. Tomboncion is Italian, whereas these are
Korean. Do your leaves have small white blotches on them?
> It looks like what I'm growing as Squash 'Tromboncino'
> <http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm2.static.flickr.com/10
> 71/855541439_fde49f6fb3.jpg%3Fv%3D0&imgrefurl=http://flickr.com/photos/sa
> trina0/855541439/&usg=__bdBTW-VM6y3ZNEYMheOMMc9N5RM=&h75&wP0&sz3&h
> l=en&start=9&um=1&tbnid=Skjf6g5pkrgIYM:&tbnh˜&tbnw0&prev=/images%3Fq
> %3DTromboncino%2BSquash,%2Bpic%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26s
> a%3DX%26um%3D1> and the leaves in your first picture look identical.
> I'll try to post a picture of them this week-end. Mine are a little on
> the short side, because my trellis fell over, ripping off part of the
> plants. The trellis is now fixed, and they are back to climbing.
> Mine don't have a pumpkin taste, but rather a light artichoke flavor.
> The "Tromboncino" that I've grown in the past had a bulbous flower end
> but two of the ones (4) I'm growing this year don't show it on the seed
> packet.
>> > Zootal said:
>> >>
>> >>I have some seeds I picked up at a local oriental food store for
>> >>"Hybrid
>> >>Squash, King Ka Ae F1". The seeds are from the Asia Seed Co, Seol,
>> >>Korea.
>> >>I bought them and am currently growing them. I choose them just to try
>> >>something different. If you go to http://www.asiaseed.kr/ , select the
>> >>seventh entry under "Shopping Category", you see a page with different
>> >>squaash types. Scroll down to the bottom of the page, you see [1] [2],
>> >>indicating two pages. Select the [2]. Scroll to bottom. The lower left
>> >>picture shows three zuchinni-type green squash. The site and seed
>> >>packet
>> >>are all in Korean and I've not had much luck translating. I asked at
>> >>the
>> >>store, but the young man there didn't know anything about them except
>> >>that he thought they were known as "Korean Pumpkin".
>> >>
>> >>So, they are a vining squash plant, prolific. I picked the fruit at
>> >>about
>> >>eight inches, they look just as pictured on the web site and see
>> >>packet.
>> >>They taste like pumpkin or winter squash - not at all like a summer
>> >>squash.
>> >>
>> >>Anyone know anything about these? How they are grown, how they are
>> >>eaten? Harvested small, big, etc.?
>> >
>> > The picture on the web page almost exactly like the squash that I've
>> > seen
>> > used in the Korean television show Dae Jang Geum**. These were sliced
>> > in coins (or half-moons) and added to stir-fried, steamed and stewed
>> > dishes. One time I saw it as a dried vegetable, which was soaked to
>> > reconstitute and then used in a stewed dish.
>> >
>> > Google translate gives the name of the squash you are talking about as
>> > "stud squash" -- certainly sounds like an awkward translation. Is that
>> > some
>> > reference to, hmm, virility?
>> >
>> > This is obviously not a zuchinni type sqash as it grows on running
>> > vines,
>> > but from the picture given it looks to be a variety selected to be used
>> > when
>> > still tender and young. (In fact, the previous page has a picture of
>> > what
>> > is
>> > obviously a typical Western zuchinni/ summer squash.)
>> >
>> > I think you might want to look for Korean recipes that require "ho-bak"
>> > or
>> > "ae ho-bak" (baby squash) and see what you might like to try.
>> >
>> > If you were to take pictures, I'd like to see the blossoms and the stem
>> > end
>> > of the fruit. Are the leaves and flowers the same size as you'd expect
>> > in, say
>> > a pumpkin or are they smaller?
>>
>> Thanks for the info! We've had hot weather lately, and the plants haven't
>> done as well as my other squash has. They did real well until the temp
>> hit
>> about 85+. A week ago we had almost a week of 100 degree weather, and the
>> plants did not like it at all. They wilt easily under the sun, much more
>> so
>> then other squash.
>>
>> There weren't any blossoms open today, but here is a pic that shows the
>> leaves and a bud that will probably be open tomorrow. The flowers look
>> like
>> other squash flowers - I'll be sure to get a pic of this one tomorrow
>> when
>> it is open.
>>
>> http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2009/2009AugustKoreanPumpkin/images/DSCF6228.JP
>> G
>>
>> They are long vining plants and have grown out into the grass and the
>> neighbors field. The leaves are mottled, this pic shows the older leaves
>> with faint white blotches, and newer yellowish leaves grew when the
>> weather
>> was hot.:
>>
>> http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2009/2009AugustKoreanPumpkin/images/DSCF6222.JP
>> G
>>
>> 3-4 inch fruit - note the damage to the leaf. Some of my cucumbers
>> developed
>> the same type of leaf damage after the last bout of 100+ heat we had,
>> where
>> other varieties seemed to like the heat just fine:
>> http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2009/2009AugustKoreanPumpkin/images/DSCF6219.JP
>> G
>> http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2009/2009AugustKoreanPumpkin/images/DSCF6220.JP
>> G
>> http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2009/2009AugustKoreanPumpkin/images/DSCF6221.JP
>> G
>>
>> This morning my wife discovered a long vine that went through our
>> tomatillos
>> and came out the other end and started to climb the fence - I had no idea
>> it
>> was there. You can see the tomatillo fruits in this pic, as well as the
>> vine
>> snaking its way through. This fruit is ~10 inches long or so - that is my
>> wife's hand holding it. I haven't decided if I want pick it or let it
>> grow
>> and see what it does. The fruits taste like pumpkin, not zuchinni, and
>> I'm
>> thinking it might make good pies (we make squash pies out of all kinds of
>> winter squash - nummy!)
>>
>> http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2009/2009AugustKoreanPumpkin/images/DSCF6223.JP
>> G
> --
> ³When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why
> the poor have no food, they call you a communist.²
> -Archbishop Helder Camara
> http://tinyurl.com/o63ruj
> http://countercurrents.org/roberts020709.htm
Posted by Billy on August 21, 2009, 8:14 pm
> Tromboncino forms a bulb like shape at the end of the squash. Yours looks
> more like mine. Hard to say. Tomboncion is Italian, whereas these are
> Korean. Do your leaves have small white blotches on them?
That's what caught my eye. They do. Yours don't have the bulb at the
flower end that I am used to, but one of the packet of seeds didn't show
a bulbous end either. IIRC one pack was called Zucca and the other was
Zucchetta. At least that's what I called their germination cells. I'll
try to find the packets and put up a picture this week-end.
>
> >
> > It looks like what I'm growing as Squash 'Tromboncino'
> > <http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm2.static.flickr.com/10
> > 71/855541439_fde49f6fb3.jpg%3Fv%3D0&imgrefurl=http://flickr.com/photos/sa
> > trina0/855541439/&usg=__bdBTW-VM6y3ZNEYMheOMMc9N5RM=&h75&wP0&sz3&h
> > l=en&start=9&um=1&tbnid=Skjf6g5pkrgIYM:&tbnh˜&tbnw0&prev=/images%3Fq
> > %3DTromboncino%2BSquash,%2Bpic%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26s
> > a%3DX%26um%3D1> and the leaves in your first picture look identical.
> >
> > I'll try to post a picture of them this week-end. Mine are a little on
> > the short side, because my trellis fell over, ripping off part of the
> > plants. The trellis is now fixed, and they are back to climbing.
> >
> > Mine don't have a pumpkin taste, but rather a light artichoke flavor.
> >
> > The "Tromboncino" that I've grown in the past had a bulbous flower end
> > but two of the ones (4) I'm growing this year don't show it on the seed
> > packet.
> >
> >> > Zootal said:
> >> >>
> >> >>I have some seeds I picked up at a local oriental food store for
> >> >>"Hybrid
> >> >>Squash, King Ka Ae F1". The seeds are from the Asia Seed Co, Seol,
> >> >>Korea.
> >> >>I bought them and am currently growing them. I choose them just to try
> >> >>something different. If you go to http://www.asiaseed.kr/ , select the
> >> >>seventh entry under "Shopping Category", you see a page with different
> >> >>squaash types. Scroll down to the bottom of the page, you see [1] [2],
> >> >>indicating two pages. Select the [2]. Scroll to bottom. The lower left
> >> >>picture shows three zuchinni-type green squash. The site and seed
> >> >>packet
> >> >>are all in Korean and I've not had much luck translating. I asked at
> >> >>the
> >> >>store, but the young man there didn't know anything about them except
> >> >>that he thought they were known as "Korean Pumpkin".
> >> >>
> >> >>So, they are a vining squash plant, prolific. I picked the fruit at
> >> >>about
> >> >>eight inches, they look just as pictured on the web site and see
> >> >>packet.
> >> >>They taste like pumpkin or winter squash - not at all like a summer
> >> >>squash.
> >> >>
> >> >>Anyone know anything about these? How they are grown, how they are
> >> >>eaten? Harvested small, big, etc.?
> >> >
> >> > The picture on the web page almost exactly like the squash that I've
> >> > seen
> >> > used in the Korean television show Dae Jang Geum**. These were sliced
> >> > in coins (or half-moons) and added to stir-fried, steamed and stewed
> >> > dishes. One time I saw it as a dried vegetable, which was soaked to
> >> > reconstitute and then used in a stewed dish.
> >> >
> >> > Google translate gives the name of the squash you are talking about as
> >> > "stud squash" -- certainly sounds like an awkward translation. Is that
> >> > some
> >> > reference to, hmm, virility?
> >> >
> >> > This is obviously not a zuchinni type sqash as it grows on running
> >> > vines,
> >> > but from the picture given it looks to be a variety selected to be used
> >> > when
> >> > still tender and young. (In fact, the previous page has a picture of
> >> > what
> >> > is
> >> > obviously a typical Western zuchinni/ summer squash.)
> >> >
> >> > I think you might want to look for Korean recipes that require "ho-bak"
> >> > or
> >> > "ae ho-bak" (baby squash) and see what you might like to try.
> >> >
> >> > If you were to take pictures, I'd like to see the blossoms and the stem
> >> > end
> >> > of the fruit. Are the leaves and flowers the same size as you'd expect
> >> > in, say
> >> > a pumpkin or are they smaller?
> >>
> >> Thanks for the info! We've had hot weather lately, and the plants haven't
> >> done as well as my other squash has. They did real well until the temp
> >> hit
> >> about 85+. A week ago we had almost a week of 100 degree weather, and the
> >> plants did not like it at all. They wilt easily under the sun, much more
> >> so
> >> then other squash.
> >>
> >> There weren't any blossoms open today, but here is a pic that shows the
> >> leaves and a bud that will probably be open tomorrow. The flowers look
> >> like
> >> other squash flowers - I'll be sure to get a pic of this one tomorrow
> >> when
> >> it is open.
> >>
> >> http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2009/2009AugustKoreanPumpkin/images/DSCF6228
> >> .JP
> >> G
> >>
> >> They are long vining plants and have grown out into the grass and the
> >> neighbors field. The leaves are mottled, this pic shows the older leaves
> >> with faint white blotches, and newer yellowish leaves grew when the
> >> weather
> >> was hot.:
> >>
> >> http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2009/2009AugustKoreanPumpkin/images/DSCF6222
> >> .JP
> >> G
> >>
> >> 3-4 inch fruit - note the damage to the leaf. Some of my cucumbers
> >> developed
> >> the same type of leaf damage after the last bout of 100+ heat we had,
> >> where
> >> other varieties seemed to like the heat just fine:
> >> http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2009/2009AugustKoreanPumpkin/images/DSCF6219
> >> .JP
> >> G
> >> http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2009/2009AugustKoreanPumpkin/images/DSCF6220
> >> .JP
> >> G
> >> http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2009/2009AugustKoreanPumpkin/images/DSCF6221
> >> .JP
> >> G
> >>
> >> This morning my wife discovered a long vine that went through our
> >> tomatillos
> >> and came out the other end and started to climb the fence - I had no idea
> >> it
> >> was there. You can see the tomatillo fruits in this pic, as well as the
> >> vine
> >> snaking its way through. This fruit is ~10 inches long or so - that is my
> >> wife's hand holding it. I haven't decided if I want pick it or let it
> >> grow
> >> and see what it does. The fruits taste like pumpkin, not zuchinni, and
> >> I'm
> >> thinking it might make good pies (we make squash pies out of all kinds of
> >> winter squash - nummy!)
> >>
> >> http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2009/2009AugustKoreanPumpkin/images/DSCF6223
> >> .JP
> >> G
> > --
> > ³When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why
> > the poor have no food, they call you a communist.²
> > -Archbishop Helder Camara
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/o63ruj
> > http://countercurrents.org/roberts020709.htm
--
³When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the
poor have no food, they call you a communist.²
-Archbishop Helder Camara
http://tinyurl.com/o63ruj
http://countercurrents.org/roberts020709.htm
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>>
>>I have some seeds I picked up at a local oriental food store for "Hybrid
>>Squash, King Ka Ae F1". The seeds are from the Asia Seed Co, Seol, Korea.
>>I bought them and am currently growing them. I choose them just to try
>>something different. If you go to http://www.asiaseed.kr/ , select the
>>seventh entry under "Shopping Category", you see a page with different
>>squaash types. Scroll down to the bottom of the page, you see [1] [2],
>>indicating two pages. Select the [2]. Scroll to bottom. The lower left
>>picture shows three zuchinni-type green squash. The site and seed packet
>>are all in Korean and I've not had much luck translating. I asked at the
>>store, but the young man there didn't know anything about them except
>>that he thought they were known as "Korean Pumpkin".
>>
>>So, they are a vining squash plant, prolific. I picked the fruit at about
>>eight inches, they look just as pictured on the web site and see packet.
>>They taste like pumpkin or winter squash - not at all like a summer
>>squash.
>>
>>Anyone know anything about these? How they are grown, how they are
>>eaten? Harvested small, big, etc.?
> The picture on the web page almost exactly like the squash that I've seen
> used in the Korean television show Dae Jang Geum**. These were sliced
> in coins (or half-moons) and added to stir-fried, steamed and stewed
> dishes. One time I saw it as a dried vegetable, which was soaked to
> reconstitute and then used in a stewed dish.
> Google translate gives the name of the squash you are talking about as
> "stud squash" -- certainly sounds like an awkward translation. Is that
> some
> reference to, hmm, virility?
> This is obviously not a zuchinni type sqash as it grows on running vines,
> but from the picture given it looks to be a variety selected to be used
> when
> still tender and young. (In fact, the previous page has a picture of what
> is
> obviously a typical Western zuchinni/ summer squash.)
> I think you might want to look for Korean recipes that require "ho-bak" or
> "ae ho-bak" (baby squash) and see what you might like to try.
> If you were to take pictures, I'd like to see the blossoms and the stem
> end
> of the fruit. Are the leaves and flowers the same size as you'd expect
> in, say
> a pumpkin or are they smaller?