Produce Briefs...
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.
Rainbow Swiss Chard
Rainbow chard, also known a 5-color silverbeet, is a tender chard variety with multi-colored stalks of yellow, white, orange pink and red.
Seasons/Availability
Look for Big Mac Pumpkins in the fall season.
Description/Taste
Big Mac pumpkins can weigh anywhere between fifty and two hundred pounds. Botanically they are merely large-growing members of the squash family.
Applications
Big Mac pumpkins are not often used for cooking or baking-- due to their size the flesh becomes dry and fibrous. However, they are edible and may be prepared similar to smaller pumpkins.
Ethnic/Cultural Info
Seeds developed by William Warnock near the turn of the century are credited for all the giant pumpkins grown today-- he grew the very first record-breaking pumpkin in 1893 which weighed in at a whopping 365 pounds.
Geography/History
Named Cucurbita maxima, the seed for giant pumpkins is one of the largest of the vegetable seeds as it grows the largest vegetable of them all. To grow big pumpkins, growers say it takes these three things: Good seed, good soil and good luck. Training vines and root pruning to prevent the stems from breaking is definitely important in order to grow large pumpkins.
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Big Mac Pumpkin. One
is easiest, three is harder.
Look for Big Mac Pumpkins in the fall season.
Description/Taste
Big Mac pumpkins can weigh anywhere between fifty and two hundred pounds. Botanically they are merely large-growing members of the squash family.
Applications
Big Mac pumpkins are not often used for cooking or baking-- due to their size the flesh becomes dry and fibrous. However, they are edible and may be prepared similar to smaller pumpkins.
Ethnic/Cultural Info
Seeds developed by William Warnock near the turn of the century are credited for all the giant pumpkins grown today-- he grew the very first record-breaking pumpkin in 1893 which weighed in at a whopping 365 pounds.
Geography/History
Named Cucurbita maxima, the seed for giant pumpkins is one of the largest of the vegetable seeds as it grows the largest vegetable of them all. To grow big pumpkins, growers say it takes these three things: Good seed, good soil and good luck. Training vines and root pruning to prevent the stems from breaking is definitely important in order to grow large pumpkins.
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Big Mac Pumpkin. One
is easiest, three is harder.| Verses from my Kitchen |
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Sunday Soup: Pumpkin, Coconut & Lime |
