Archive for October, 2010
Winter Squash
Thursday, October 28th, 2010The English word “squash” was derived from the word askutasquash which means literally “a green thing eaten raw”. Squashes are one of the oldest known crops–10,000 years by some estimates of sites in Mexico. Since squashes are gourds, they most likely served as containers or utensils because of their hard shells. The seeds and flesh [...]
