# My new favorite vegetable: kabocha

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**Created:** [September 23, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-vegetable-kabocha/921280 "2020-09-23T02:54:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-vegetable-kabocha/921280/1 "2020-09-23T02:54:57Z")

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It is also called “Japanese squash” and here in Hawai’i it is known as “Hawaiian squash.”

It’s a winter-type squash with green skin and orange flesh. You can eat the skin, so it’s quite easy to prepare - just cut up, scoop out the seeds (which I guess you can roast and eat like pumpkin seeds though I have not done it), cut to your desired size and shape, and cook. It’s yummy in a coconut curry. I also made this [Hawaiian Style Ratatouille](https://www.ktasuperstores.com/recipes/hawaiian-style-ratatouille-quinoa) a couple days ago (I didn’t bother with the quinoa, just the veggies) and it was to die for.

Kabocha is dense and velvety (rather like a sweet potato) with a mild, sweet flavor.

Before I started this thread I thought kabocha was probably hard to get outside Hawai’i and that I would be telling you all about something you couldn’t have. However, after looking it up on the internet it seems like it is widely available. I recommend giving it a try.

If you’re familiar with it and have some good ways to use it, let me know. I have half of one sitting in the fridge right now that I should use up. (Come to think of it, I have some leftover coconut curry sauce too…hmmm…)

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**Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-vegetable-kabocha/921280/2 "2020-09-23T11:28:52Z")

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Our neighbors grow lots of squash varieties and sell them in their market. I’ll have to ask if they’re growing kabocha this year. They’ve grown it for a few years and we’ve been enjoying it.