Gourds?

Here in the states, those gourds are strictly ornamental. The second link you gave is most
beautiful. It seems with the proper conditions you could dry them and keep them for quite a while.
Sorry I don't know the variety, but I'd like to.

"Sarah Carter" [email hidden] wrote: I saw some vegetables at the farm shop which I hadn't
tried before so in = a moment of madness I just bought them. I now have no idea what to do = with
them or what they are exactly.

I know that they are gourds, which can be called pumpkins in some = countries, but they aren't the
big orange pumpkins popular at Halloween.

I've got four different varieties. The first is a cream egg shaped one which is around the size of a
= grapefruit. Another looks like the top half of a normal pumpkin, and the botton half = resembling
an alien made from 4 equal bumps. The next is a small tennis ball shape with green and yellow
stripes and = can be seen at being.comgourd.jpgOpen ↗ And the last is an cream coloured
globular alien being with a row of = pointy bobbles in a circle around the top a little like =
jeffspirit.comgourd.jpgOpen ↗

Does anyone know what they are called? Or how to use them?

Do I just use them like pumpkins or do I need any special recipes?

Sarah --=20 Swap books with other people in the UK bookexchange.tkbookexchange.tkOpen ↗

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Sue M.

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And the last is an cream coloured globular alien being with a row of = pointy bobbles in a circle
around the top a little like = jeffspirit.comgourd.jpgOpen ↗

Does anyone know what they are called? Or how to use them?

The last one is a 'crown of thorns' gourd... here's a good link with probably everything you could
want to know about gourds ;-):

americangourdsociety.orgFAQ.htmlOpen ↗

hth,

Cheers,

Fritz

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Here in the states, those gourds are strictly ornamental. The second =

link you

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gave is most beautiful. It seems with the proper conditions you could =

dry them

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and keep them for quite a while. Sorry I don't know the variety, but =

I'd like

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to.

Trust me to buy something that no-one knows how to use (apart from = drying them) :o(

Thanks for the idea Sue. Shame I'm on a decluttering mission at the = moemnt, else I might have
tried drying them.

Sarah --=20