Swan Gourd

[Mrs Ava]

Does anyone know if these are edible or will they be yuck?  I have several growing nicely and some sites hint at them being edible, others say they are purely ornamental.  If purely ornamental, this urchins will have fun carving them on halloween!

[Mrs Ava]

[Columbus]

Hi EJ  :)

I have some squash that look like patty pans, (F: petite pain?) but with not quite so pinched edges. I have loads off one plant so I picked one extremely early in the season.

Back home I found the skin was like wood even though it was young. Even the lower layers of skin were too tough to eat.
I was able to cut it in half and scoop out the seeds, roast the halves wrapped in foil then fill the middles with cheese sauce like little boats on a bed of spinach. I really enjoyed it.

But it seems that the extremely hard skin means its a gourd and not considered food so I haven`t eaten any more. I think I will harvest them for hallowe`en. The peeling was hard work, if I was to eat another I`d cook it in the skin.

Try it and see its probably not poisonous  ;D Col

Post the results here then we can see if you survive the taste test.

...... Alas here lies poor EJ she tasted a gourd .. Oh Gawd.
It had skin like wood but it tasted ... so Good
It wasn`t a squash ... My Gosh  :o