Howdy Folks! I just had to show this "harvest"!
Ya'll have seen some of the pics of the earlier-picked Trombocino that some of us have posted. These are ones I just let "free range"! They are so fun to grow (and eat!). I doubt these are still edible at this stage; I mainly grew them out for seed stock and, like I said, for fun! I just love how big they can get and their shapes are fantastic!
I wish I could dry them, like a craft gourd, but I doubt that will work. Being meaty inside (not hollow like a craft gourd) I imagine they will just rot.
Delicious to eat (when in the green stage), beautiful to see growing, and a marvel to behold!
Trombocino Beauties...
where did you get your seeds originally? these are fantastic!!
Another DGer sent me a few seeds a couple yrs back; I saved seeds from that harvest.
Neat!!!
For those looking for a commercial source of seed.
www.reneesgarden.com
I am sure that I have seen it somewhere else also.
horseshoe - i have grown them (or something very similar) for years but never thought to let them get to that stage. i usually pick them still green. thanks for the pics.
Shoe, how do you cook these in the green stage, as you would a summer squash?
Herbie, I've picked my share of them when green for eating...these bigguns I grew out for seedstock and for pleasure!
Red...when they are small and skinny they can be eaten raw, sliced into salads or dipped into a dressing. When they get a little more size on them I sliced them and basted them with olive oil/garlic/black pepper and grilled some that way. (They go great on shish kabobs!)
Have also sautee'd/cooked them in a big black skillet along with some onions (used olive oil) and again, garlic and other seasonings. Once the flavors blend you can add a splash of water, put on a lid, then steam them a short time.
Also did the "hobo wrap" with some: sliced trombo, onions, garlic, tomato if you like, etc, drizzile a seasonng over it all (Italian dressing?), wrapped in foil then thrown on the grill or can be baked in the oven.
Friends of mine baked one, like a squash, and said it was delish! (I'm tempted to try baking one of these matured ones and see how they do.)
I saute them with caramelized onions and tomatoes. I partially steam them first.
Shoe, They are actually a version of the butternut. Have you tried them as a winter (mature) squash.
foolcontrol, sounds delish to me. They sure are a very versatile crop, aren't they!?
F-dill...Yes! As an update, I stored several of those big ones in the pic above in my shoffice and ate the last one in February! Although several rotted (some were stored outside, my fault) quite a few hardened/cured nicely. The end of February I cut some of the neck off of one, peeled the hard skin off with a potato peeler, sliced the meat and cooked it in a pan with onions/garlic, etc. It was delish!
Some of the rest of it I ended up baking, (with a bit of brown sugar, of course!) and it was a very nice treat in the dead of Winter!
Shoe
Wow Shoe never see like that.... that is cool!
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