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              Chayote offers a change from the usual squash

Recipe By     : Charleston.Net 1996: The Post and Courier
Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:10
Categories    : Summer Squash                    Instruction

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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   1      lg            Summer squash -- Chayote

Had your fill of the ever-plentiful zucchini and yellow squashes?
Then try another, perhaps lesser-known variety.

The chayote (pronounced "chi-OH-tay") differs from its summer
siblings because of its large central seed and a somewhat thick,
deeply ridged skin. It takes longer to cook, too.

A chayote looks kind of like a pattypan squash. It's usually about
the size and shape of a large pear--in fact, it's sometimes called a
vegetable pear--and it has a pale green skin with white flesh. Other
names the chayote goes by include mirliton and christophene.

One cup of boiled or steamed unseasoned chayote squash contains just
38 calories, 1 g protein, 1 g fat, 8 g carbs, 21 mg calcium, 1 mg
sodium, and 1 mg dietary fiber. The squash is a great source of
potassium (276 mg per cup) and has some vitamin C, too. Chayotes are
cholesterol-free.

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TV FN demonstrations always 1) peel, and 2) wash well. The squash
feels sticky after it is peeled. Feniger of "Too Hot Tamales" makes
"rinsing the skin" a "gotta to it" issue. (1996)--patH reporting

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AKA's - Chayote Fruit = mcRecipe (LINK)
Pear Fruit

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MasterCook [patH Sep 1, 1996]


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