 'Zephyr', a variety of straightnecked summer squash[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Energy | 20 kcal (84 kJ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sugars | 2.0 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dietary fiber | 2 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| †Percentages estimated usingUS recommendations for adults,[2] except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation fromthe National Academies.[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Summer squash aresquashes that are harvested when immature, while the rind is still tender and edible. Most summer squashes are varieties ofCucurbita pepo,[4] though some areC. moschata. Most summer squash have a bushy growth habit, unlike the rambling vines of manywinter squashes.[4] The term "summer squash" refers to the early harvest period and short storage life of these squashes, unlike that of winter squashes.[5]
Summer squashes include theC. pepo varieties:
Other summer squashes include theC. moschata varieties:
In the journals of Lewis and Clark, on October 12, 1804, Clark recorded that the Arikara tribe raised "great quantities of Corn Beens Simmins, &c."[7] Clark also used the spellingsimlin in his journal entries. Simlin, variously spelledsimblin, symnel, cymling, cimnel (Thomas Jefferson's spelling) andsimnel were words for summer squash, particularlyCucurbita pepossp.pepo, common name pattypan squash. The wordsimnel was used because of the visual similarity between the squash and thesimnel cake.[8]
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