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What is a good substitute for chayote squash in recipes?
Zucchini or summer squash are good substitutes for chayote squash in recipes.
Do you peel chayote squash before cooking it?
Yes, it is recommended to peel chayote squash before cooking it as the skin can be tough and bitter.
If you lived in a rainforest what would you eat?
A squash called Chayote and Hot Peppers. Avacados, bananas, lemons, guavas, passion fruit and dragon fruit are also fruits you might eat.
What is the Spanish word for squash?
Calabaza is for winter squash, and chayote occidental usually works for summer squash.
What is christophene?
A squash, also known as a chayote or a custard marrow.
Is a chayote a fruit or vegetable?
Chayote is, botanically speaking, a fruit. But because it is generally served as a dish, it is considered by the public as vegetable
Why don't male yellow squash blossoms have any pollen?
Male yellow squash blossoms do produce pollen, but they are not the ones that develop into fruit. Male flowers primarily serve the purpose of providing pollen for fertilizing the female flowers, which have the potential to produce squash. The presence of both male and female flowers is essential for pollination and fruit development in squash plants.
How healthy is a chayote?
I grow chayote in my yard. I consume it raw in green smoothies. I believe the high vitamin C content is very good for health. The young shoots and young leaves in a smoothie will give you lots of energy. I cook the fruit similar to the way you cook squash or zucchini. The fruit is high in folate which is very healthy. Folate will reduce homocystine in the blood
What is a fruit that looks like avocado?
A fruit that looks like an avocado is called a chayote.
How do you tell male from female sqwash blossom?
The female squash flowers are those that have a very distinct swelling or enlargement directly behind the petals which is actually the small, immature squash fruit. The male flowers lack the immature fruit and are simply attached to the plant by a long, slender stem (called the peduncle). If you are removing the male bloom in a "partially opened" condition, pollination by insects can not have occurred and no squash fruit will be produced.
Is a squash plant a flower?
It is a plant and like most plants it has flowers that attract animals and insects to fertilize them. Once this has happened, they begin to form a fruit, in this case the squash.
What part of the squash you eat?
The flowers are edible, the "meat" of the fruit is most often eaten, the seeds are edible and often quite good roasted and salted. This depends of course on the squash i question, there are thousands of varieties.
