Comments on: Kalabasa / Winter Squash http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/kalabasa-winter-squash-2 A food blog that talks about food, produce, recipes, ingredients, restaurants and markets here in the Philippines and around the globe. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:57:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: allen http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/kalabasa-winter-squash-2#comment-30478 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:16:58 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/kalabasa-winter-squash-2#comment-30478 My family loves squash! I cook it with sitao and okra, sometimes I add coconut milk. I don't put it in pinakbet though. The kids like them mashed and mixed in with hot rice. I sometimes add some boiled squash with mashed potatoes. My personal favorite is ukoy with squash dipped in vinegar and chopped shallots. My family loves squash! I cook it with sitao and okra, sometimes I add coconut milk. I don’t put it in pinakbet though. The kids like them mashed and mixed in with hot rice. I sometimes add some boiled squash with mashed potatoes. My personal favorite is ukoy with squash dipped in vinegar and chopped shallots.

]]> by: Marketman http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/kalabasa-winter-squash-2#comment-30392 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:15:30 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/kalabasa-winter-squash-2#comment-30392 Hi Cindy and Joy, both kalabasa and pumpkin are considered "winter squashes" or better described as squashes with harder skins and which keep for quite a while. There are dozens of different winter squashes including kalabasa, kabocha, butternut squash and pumpkins...they differ in fiber content, stringyness, sweetness, water content, intensity of flavor, etc. but they are somewhat similar... depending on how you use them, they can sometimes substitute for each other...a pumpkin soup, for example seems to work well with our kalabasa because of the the addition of spices, cream and the fact that it is pureed and blended. However, a roasted butternut squash with some butter and say cinammon tastes better to me than our kalabasa cooked in the same way. Summer squashes include say zucchini, yellow squashes, etc. and these are not as hardy as winter squashes and seem to have a much higher water content. Last October I came across some western style pumpkins which were grown locally by the Dole company...<a href="http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/real-pumpkins-in-manila" rel="nofollow">I had a post on them here</a>. I cooked some of these pumpkins into an agrodolce dish which was essentially a sweet and sour treatment...they were pretty good... Hi Cindy and Joy, both kalabasa and pumpkin are considered “winter squashes” or better described as squashes with harder skins and which keep for quite a while. There are dozens of different winter squashes including kalabasa, kabocha, butternut squash and pumpkins…they differ in fiber content, stringyness, sweetness, water content, intensity of flavor, etc. but they are somewhat similar… depending on how you use them, they can sometimes substitute for each other…a pumpkin soup, for example seems to work well with our kalabasa because of the the addition of spices, cream and the fact that it is pureed and blended. However, a roasted butternut squash with some butter and say cinammon tastes better to me than our kalabasa cooked in the same way. Summer squashes include say zucchini, yellow squashes, etc. and these are not as hardy as winter squashes and seem to have a much higher water content. Last October I came across some western style pumpkins which were grown locally by the Dole company…I had a post on them here. I cooked some of these pumpkins into an agrodolce dish which was essentially a sweet and sour treatment…they were pretty good…

]]> by: Joy http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/kalabasa-winter-squash-2#comment-30389 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:59:57 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/kalabasa-winter-squash-2#comment-30389 Hi MM, I agree with Cindy. I'm confused between the pumpkin and the kalabasa. Are both the same? As I can find both here in Jakarta but usually I make butternut squash soup more often than i do with pumpkin. Pumpkin pie is great too hehe. thanks for your info in advanced. Joy. Hi MM,

I agree with Cindy. I’m confused between the pumpkin and the kalabasa. Are both the same? As I can find both here in Jakarta but usually I make butternut squash soup more often than i do with pumpkin. Pumpkin pie is great too hehe. thanks for your info in advanced.

Joy.

]]> by: Maria Clara http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/kalabasa-winter-squash-2#comment-30262 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:16:31 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/kalabasa-winter-squash-2#comment-30262 Sauteed kalabasa with young kalabasa talbos with shripm and bagoong is fabulous. This version holds well too with the addition of virgin coconut milk for extra layer of flavor! Sauteed kalabasa with young kalabasa talbos with shripm and bagoong is fabulous. This version holds well too with the addition of virgin coconut milk for extra layer of flavor!

]]> by: cindy http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/kalabasa-winter-squash-2#comment-30233 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:19:23 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/kalabasa-winter-squash-2#comment-30233 Pardon my ignorance Marketman, but could you explain the difference between kalabasa (squash) and pumpkin? Do we have pumpkins in the Philippines? And could "pumpkin soup", which is served in restaurants here, be made using kalabasa? Thanks! :) Pardon my ignorance Marketman, but could you explain the difference between kalabasa (squash) and pumpkin? Do we have pumpkins in the Philippines? And could “pumpkin soup”, which is served in restaurants here, be made using kalabasa? Thanks! :)

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