BUTTERNUT SQUASH

Butternut squash (known in Australia as Butternut pumpkin^[1]) is an edible type of winter squash with a vase-like shape. It has a sweet, nutty taste that is similar to pumpkin or sweet potato. It has yellow skin and orange flesh. When ripe, it turns increasingly deep orange, and becomes sweeter and richer. It grows on a vine. It originated in Stow, Massachusetts.

Uses

Butternut squash can be roasted or baked. It can 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 barbeque wrapped in foil with spices such as nutmeg and cinnamon.

It is a source of fibre, vitamin C, manganese, magnesium and potassium.

Origin

The butternut and related species of squash originate from around Mexico - separate from pumpkins or "winter squash", which originate in South America.^[1]

Footnotes

1. ^ ^a b Sydney Markets - Welcome to the World of Pumpkins

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