Buttercup Squash, Winter Squash 'Uchiki Kuri'

Kuris are the most delicious squash I've ever tasted, and nearly impossible to find at grocers or farmers' markets in our area. Their da...Read Morerk orange, nutty, creamy, sweet flesh is delicious roasted, steamed, boiled, in soups, and substituted in any recipe calling for pumpkin or winter squash.

In my part-sun garden they grow to the average size of 2-3 pounds. In my mom's large, full-sun garden they are very prolific. This year she had dozens of them, and more than a few were upwards of 9 pounds each.

These were productive and very tasty. The flesh was moist and baked well. I had a bumper crop of these and they kept well for several mon...Read Moreths. I'm not sure just how long they will keep because we ate them before we could find out.