ned help to identify this squash please

my dw bought this in the market inside grand central terminal. it came already sliced and the label reads "chayote" (mirliton squash)

thanks

Herbie,

The following link tells you some basic info. This gourd is kind of a tropical dish. Uh, happy eating!

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Chayote

Round here they call it a mirliton... but the DH say's in Chile they do call it a Chayote. I had never seen one till we moved to Swampville.

http://davesgarden.com/pf/adv_search.php?searcher%5Bcommon%5D=chayote&searcher%5Bfamily%5D=&searcher%5Bgenus%5D=&searcher%5Bspecies%5D=&searcher%5Bcultivar%5D=&searcher%5Bhybridizer%5D=&search_prefs%5Bsort_by%5D=rating&images_prefs=both&Search=Search

I think there was a discussion about this on this forum not too long ago...

http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/694972/

thanks for all your help.

Frank,

They are in the markets all around town at this time of year. I saw them at Foodtown the other day, as well as Kobacher's and Hannaford's (where they always have the best produce). I tried to grow one last year, but it was a no-grow. I like to eat them like an apple - very tasty indeed!

They are very popular in South Louisiana, lots of people grow them, and they are made into all kind of dishes. Check the recipe forum, there were some merliton recipes recently.

yuummm I love Chaote/Mirlitons.. I think I have a good recipe for grilling them somewhere.. I first had them in Costa Rica where they cut them up and added them to stews along with yucca roots and other veggies..

went to hannafords today and bough 5 of them at 99 cents apiece.