Posted by wnsbt on Nov 11, 2007 · Member since Nov 2005 · 1 posts
How is this item cooked properly? And is it similar to other squashes say pumpkin or butternut so perhaps I could use it the same way?
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Posted by doughbunny on Nov 11, 2007 · Member since Dec 2005 · 136 posts
It is so delicious. it taste like butternut square but sweeter! I put it in microwave for 3 to 5 minutes just to soften and I can cut it. You can bake it and steam it. Do whatever you want. I eat it plain.
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Posted by sharway on Nov 11, 2007 · Member since Mar 2002 · 1314 posts
My favorite squash (followed closely by butternut)! I love love love it in soup. And my husband likes roasted chunks with olive oil, herbs, coarse salt, and pepper.
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Posted by Heliamphora on Nov 11, 2007 · Member since Oct 2006 · 4798 posts
My mother's favourite type of pumpkin, widely known as buttercup around here. She steams it, bakes it, makes it into soup; pretty much anything you can do with a normal pumpkin. Apparently the skin is edible.
I'm fussy though and will only eat butternut... all other punkins make me wanna yak. ;D ;D ;D
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Posted by faunablues on Nov 11, 2007 · Member since Aug 2003 · 9655 posts
Buttercup is (supposedly) not the same as Kabocha.
I loooove Kabocha, and I cook it like a butternut, or in Japanese recipes. I wonder if you could make pumpkin pie from it though...
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Posted by hibiscus on Nov 11, 2007 · Member since Jun 2007 · 276 posts
I went to this vegan Chinese buffet restaurant last week that had kabocha tempura, as well as it in some stir fry with a veg oyster and chili sauce and some sort of tvp like mock meat. they were both really good, the chef was very proud of his kabocha skills, he kept pulling them out and walking around the restaurant showing people. Probably not too helpful, since I didn't actually cook it, but I just wanted to point out is versatility, and it is really fun to say kabocha, even if it is just in my head.
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Posted by Heliamphora on Nov 11, 2007 · Member since Oct 2006 · 4798 posts
Buttercup is (supposedly) not the same as Kabocha.
Oh? I wasn't sure, just going by what the glossary of The Voluptuous Vegan said - that kabocha is one of a few related pumpkin/squash which are also known as buttercup. Maybe this differs depending on locality?
It is so delicious. it taste like butternut square but sweeter! I put it in microwave for 3 to 5 minutes just to soften and I can cut it. You can bake it and steam it. Do whatever you want. I eat it plain.
My favorite squash (followed closely by butternut)! I love love love it in soup. And my husband likes roasted chunks with olive oil, herbs, coarse salt, and pepper.
My mother's favourite type of pumpkin, widely known as buttercup around here. She steams it, bakes it, makes it into soup; pretty much anything you can do with a normal pumpkin. Apparently the skin is edible.
I'm fussy though and will only eat butternut... all other punkins make me wanna yak. ;D ;D ;D
Buttercup is (supposedly) not the same as Kabocha.
I loooove Kabocha, and I cook it like a butternut, or in Japanese recipes. I wonder if you could make pumpkin pie from it though...
I went to this vegan Chinese buffet restaurant last week that had kabocha tempura, as well as it in some stir fry with a veg oyster and chili sauce and some sort of tvp like mock meat. they were both really good, the chef was very proud of his kabocha skills, he kept pulling them out and walking around the restaurant showing people. Probably not too helpful, since I didn't actually cook it, but I just wanted to point out is versatility, and it is really fun to say kabocha, even if it is just in my head.
Buttercup is (supposedly) not the same as Kabocha.
Oh? I wasn't sure, just going by what the glossary of The Voluptuous Vegan said - that kabocha is one of a few related pumpkin/squash which are also known as buttercup. Maybe this differs depending on locality?