Thread: Kakai Pumpkin
View Single Post
Old December 30, 2007   #8
orflo
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: belgium
Posts: 134
Default

There are quite a few of these 'seed pumpkins' , not all are Austrian, St.Gotthard seems to come from Hungary, although that is the name of a Swiss village, 'rankenlose olkurbis' was once distributed bu the renowned IPK-Gatersleben, it's a bush type,'Menhart' is probably Austrian, as is the already mentioned Lady Godiva.There are some others, but I don't remember their names. Most of these mentioned above are not available for buying, they are strictly maintained by amateurs.
The original use of the pumpkins was probably seed eating, some of the cucurbita mixta are also selected for that purpose. Which also implicates they aren't selected for their flesh. I tried some of these and I preferred the flesh of for instance sugarloaf or one of the kuris, by far. But the seeds are tasty, indeed roasted and very nutritious,
Frank
orflo is offline   Reply With Quote