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A squash so smug it tastes like dessert but counts as a vegetable.
means A bell-shaped winter squash with smooth tan skin and sweet, dense orange flesh, often roasted or pureed into soup.
from A plain American compound of "butter" and "nut" — the name first attached to the white walnut tree (Juglans cinerea), whose oily nuts were buttery and whose bark gave a tan-brown dye (Confederate homespun was even called "butternut"). The squash borrowed the same logic: a buttery texture and a nutty sweetness, all wrapped in that same tan hue.
- secret melon
- Botanically a fruit, technically a berry
- color code
- Riper skin means tan, not green
- keeper champ
- Stays good for months in cool storage
- sweet upgrade
- Roasting caramelizes its natural sugars into candy
- name twin
- Also a tree producing edible white walnuts
for instance
butternut squash — winter squash variety widely cultivated in north america since colonial times
butternut hickory tree — native hardwood tree (juglans cinerea) found in eastern north america, produces edible nuts