Re: Are all winter squash legal?

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Thanks so much. Is there any way to know which ones are starchier than

others till you try them? It may be best not to overuse any of them,

and just rotate them like I should many foods.

and, DOH! That should have been TENNESSEE Sweet Potato Squash, Not

Texas . I live in Texas, so I guess that's why I had that on the

brain.

Good luck with your gardening too! If you haven't checked out Baker

Creek's gardening forum (Idigmygarden.com), it's pretty neat. It helps

with me for sure, because I'm pretty new to gardening. I'm feeling

really ambitious I guess since I'm gonna try the Jumbo Pink Banana this

year too LOL. I just wanna see and taste a 40 lb squash?!

Shonda

[Guest guest]

Terry,

Tennessee Sweet Potato Squash

Here you go. I ordered my from Baker Creek. I love their company so far. If you click back a little into the site, they have 90 varieties of winter squash and pumpkins. So cool! I had a hard time deciding what I wanted to try this year! I really love how they (like a few other companies) are trying to save seed diversity by preserving all these heirloom varieties. good luck with your growing!

SHonda

>> Hi Shonda--I'd love to grow that! Where did you get the seed, please? Thanks, Terry> Are all winter squash legal?

[Guest guest]

however spag squash should be avoided by some people correct - maybe

ones withCrohns, blockages or past surgeries, right???

eileen

-- In BTVC-SCD , Kim Hesche wrote:

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> Hi Shonda,

> All winter squashes are legal. I've never heard of this one though.

As long as it is in fact a squash and not a potato or any relation to

potatoes, it should be legal.

> You should be careful when introducing any new food. Everyone is so

different. Some people's bodies are very sensitive and others aren't

so it all depends on you and what your body likes/dislikes.

> Best wishes,

> Kim H.

> husband, , CD 1999, SCD 2002

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> I am a gardener and like to grow heirlooms. There are like 80

> varieties of winter squash to choose from LOL. Anyway, there is

one I

> have seed for called Texas Sweet Potato. It IS NOT kin to sweet

> potatoes or tubers. It is a winter squash. They call it that

because

> many years ago a seed catalogue described it saying it tasted like

a

> sweet potato. I've actually heard it tastes more like a regular

potato

> and that's one reason I'm interested in growing it.

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> I guess another question is, are the less sweet winter squash more

> starchy and should we be more careful with them, or are they all

just

> fine?

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> Thanks!

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> Shonda

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