Zucchini Squash Selection Information | Nutritional Information | Tips & Trivia
Scientific Binomial Name: Cucurbita pepo
Raw in vegetable platters, zucchini bread, cooked, steamed, fried, baked, roasted or microwaved.
Good-quality zucchini, also known as courgette, should be firm, smooth-skinned and small in size. The surface will shiny and dark-green in color.
Avoid product that is soft, wrinkled, blemished or dull in appearance.
Large squash will be less tender than smaller product.
Always store squash in your refrigerator, but only wash just prior to use.
In general, vegetables will not ripen further after harvest.
Zucchini Squash is low in Saturated Fat and Sodium, and very low in Cholesterol. It's also a good source of Protein, Vitamin A, Thiamin, Niacin, Phosphorus and Copper, and an excellent source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Riboflavin, Vitamin B6,
The Massachusett Indian word for "eaten raw" is "Askutasquash." An important Indian food, few white men shared the desire to eat squash raw, until recent years when raw summer squash types began to appear in salads.
Squash was unknown in Europe until early explorers returned from America with squash seeds.
Chayote Squash
Used like a squash - steamed, baked, stuffed or fried - good-quality chayote will be firm, unblemished and light to medium-green in color. The skin (...)
Read More
Tip/Trivia of the Day Archive
View All
Locally Grown Is Complex
Friday, October 11, 2013