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Maui Onions
Two characteristics set the Maui onion apart from other yellow onions: the high sugar and high moisture content of its flesh.
White Corn
White corn is a sweet corn variety. Its ears are wrapped in tightly layered pale lime green to white husks. One ear of corn can contain up to 400 kernels growing in rows lengthwise.
Growers
Seasons/Availability
Baby green patty pan squash is available year round.
Current Facts
Baby green patty pan squash is of the species, Cucurbita pepo, along with other squashes, gourds and pumpkins. There are essentially three types of squash: constricted neck, zucchini and winter. Baby green patty pan is a zucchini type squash. Although used as a vegetable in the culinary landscape, botanically patty pan squash is a fruit, as its flesh bears the plant's seeds.
Description/Taste
Baby green patty pan squash is saucer shaped, almost resembling a toy top. Its coloring, celadon green with faint lime green stripes and green tipped stem and blossom ends. Its flesh is crisp, creamy colored and succulent with a moist seed cavity. Its flavors are bright, peppery and somewhat grassy with a sweet finish. Younger summer squash is chosen over mature squash as their seeds are barely developed and the flesh has a higher moisture content while mature squash's skin becomes drier and thicker and its flavor can decline, even become bitter. In addition to the fruit of the plant, the leaves and the flower (blossoms) are also edible.
Geography/History
Squashes are of New World origin, their importance as a crop evolving during the pre-Colombia era in the Americas. Summer zucchini varieties, however saw much of their development in Italy, generations after their introduction from the New World, which can attribute to zucchini's placement within Italy's culinary history. Dubbed garden overachievers, summer squash varieties are considered easy to grow, thriving in full sun, warm weather and rich moist organic soil. Summer squash varieties (free of pests, specifically vine borers) will bear at least two to three abundant harvests of fruit per season. Squashes vary from vine to bush type varieties: trailing vines tend to be more invasive and overwhelming. Patty pan varieties are open bush types, allowing for easier harvests.
Featured Restaurants
Restaurants currently purchasing this product as an ingredient for their menu.
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Baby Green Patty Pan. One
is easiest, three is harder.
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| Babe Farms | Homepage |
Seasons/Availability
Baby green patty pan squash is available year round.
Current Facts
Baby green patty pan squash is of the species, Cucurbita pepo, along with other squashes, gourds and pumpkins. There are essentially three types of squash: constricted neck, zucchini and winter. Baby green patty pan is a zucchini type squash. Although used as a vegetable in the culinary landscape, botanically patty pan squash is a fruit, as its flesh bears the plant's seeds.
Description/Taste
Baby green patty pan squash is saucer shaped, almost resembling a toy top. Its coloring, celadon green with faint lime green stripes and green tipped stem and blossom ends. Its flesh is crisp, creamy colored and succulent with a moist seed cavity. Its flavors are bright, peppery and somewhat grassy with a sweet finish. Younger summer squash is chosen over mature squash as their seeds are barely developed and the flesh has a higher moisture content while mature squash's skin becomes drier and thicker and its flavor can decline, even become bitter. In addition to the fruit of the plant, the leaves and the flower (blossoms) are also edible.
Geography/History
Squashes are of New World origin, their importance as a crop evolving during the pre-Colombia era in the Americas. Summer zucchini varieties, however saw much of their development in Italy, generations after their introduction from the New World, which can attribute to zucchini's placement within Italy's culinary history. Dubbed garden overachievers, summer squash varieties are considered easy to grow, thriving in full sun, warm weather and rich moist organic soil. Summer squash varieties (free of pests, specifically vine borers) will bear at least two to three abundant harvests of fruit per season. Squashes vary from vine to bush type varieties: trailing vines tend to be more invasive and overwhelming. Patty pan varieties are open bush types, allowing for easier harvests.
Featured Restaurants
Restaurants currently purchasing this product as an ingredient for their menu.
| Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club | Rancho Santa Fe CA | 858-756-1582 |
| Roy's La Jolla | San Diego CA | 858-455-1616 |
| Market Restaurant and Bar | Del Mar CA | 858-523-0007 |
| Crosby National Golf Club LLC | Rancho Santa Fe CA | 858-227-0172 |
| Bernard'O Restaurant | San Diego CA | 858-487-7171 |
| Delicia's | Rancho Santa Fe CA | 858-756-8000 |
| Brockton Villa Restaurant | San Diego CA | 858-454-7393 |
| Inn at Rancho Santa Fe | Rancho Santa Fe CA | 800 843 4661 |
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Baby Green Patty Pan. One
is easiest, three is harder.| My Own Sweet Thyme |
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Stuffed Patty Pan Squash |
| Gild The (Voodoo) Lily |
|
Roasted Green Pattypan and Garlic Risotto |
| Skippy's Garden |
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Squash Bread |
