Oh boy, here's a new one on me... a couple of months ago we saw that there were some volunteer pumpkin-looking plants popping up in the garden near the compost pile. Now, we could tell that the plants were some member of the gourd family, but whether it was a melon, a cucumber, a pumpkin, a squash, or a good old-fashioned decorative gourd we really had no way of knowing. Figuring it was the typical pie pumpkins we have had in the past, I transplanted them into more appropriate locations, and watched them grow.
Now they've made fruit... and, honestly, I still really don't know what they are. I included the glasses in the photo to give some sense of scale:
They look like a gourd, but also something like a crook-neck squash. I have tried one sliced up raw while it was still tender, and it had the mild flavor and texture of a yellow crook-neck summer squash.
So that's good at least... they're edible. Still, I've never seen a squash that looked like these. Has anyone else?
I've seen gourds that are similar.
Since you tried eating it, sounds like you could go either way....if you don't already have bushels of green & yellow squash to use up...you have a leg-up on a Thanksgiving centerpiece.
