What Can I Do With This Absolutely Enormous Squash?

Faith Durand
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Faith is the SVP of Content at Apartment Therapy Media and Editor-in-Chief of Kitchn, and the author of three cookbooks, including the James Beard Award-winning The Kitchn Cookbook. She lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband and two daughters.
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Q: My Greek landlords have a beautiful, lush garden in our backyard, where they grow these unusual squash. They hang down from a trellis over the driveway and some get to be quite large. They generously presented me with one of these monsters, but they don’t speak much English, so all I got was, “You cook? Yes. Big squash!” What is this lovely thing and how do I cook it?

Sent by Emily

Editor: Emily, wow! That is a stunner of a squash! My guess is that it isn’t much different than zucchini or summer squash; it sounds like it grows rather like zucchini. I would cut it up, taste it, and see how it is raw, then proceed from there — grill it, roast it, or bake it into bread.

Readers, have you ever seen a squash like this?

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