Squash Baby
This was the cutest thing I’ve ever seen! It’s a baby squash just waiting to grow into a luscious golden adult squash.
I had our laundrywoman, who plants and sells vegetables on the side, plant some vegetables around the yard some months back. She planted some okra (which Spouse can live without) and my favorite squash. The squash grew to monster vines and I was thinking of cutting them back, frustrated that they were not producing after all these months.
So the laundrywoman was here again this morning, tending the garden this time. I asked her to move those monsters back so they don’t get trampled on and she informs me a vine was starting to flower. At this stage, it’s best to leave it alone…or so she said. I’m no expert anyway so I left it alone. She shows me the flowers and I show Spouse and we’re all excited of course.
After lunch, I just had to document the first flower and took out my camera. Upon closer inspection, I got a huge surprise that this first flower actually had a little baby squash at its bottom. Do you see it? That stalk holding up the flower is what is going to be what will hold the adult squash someday…and that little ball is actually going to BE the squash. That’s going to be a monster squash someday!
I feel so proud, it’s almost like it was ME going to have a baby! And I didn’t even plant the seed…literally!
April 25th, 2007 at 10:54 am
Cute pic! Sayang, you were here in Manila pala recently. Are you back in the US now?
April 25th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
no…i’m here for good, ladybug!
April 25th, 2007 at 11:44 pm
Hey Mita! I love squash blossoms! Sarap yan sa bulanglang Oh I miss ‘em so!
April 26th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
Iska, that’s why this is my favorite vegetable. I have to try it in bulanglang…sounds good.
April 28th, 2007 at 7:57 am
hmm.. that sounds so odd coming from u, mita..
April 28th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
What particularly sounds odd coming from me?
April 29th, 2007 at 7:23 am
i always thought ur favorite veggie was the cabbage and potatoes in nilaga.. and the fact that u have a favorite veggie
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April 29th, 2007 at 6:37 pm
I hate cabbage! I really have no choice but to eat my veggies now that I’m older and squash is the most innocuous…
May 9th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
[...] Mine started off with a vegetarian squash, longbeans and coconut milk stew. Actually, I’ve featured this same Guinataang Sitaw and Kalabasa recipe in the past but the pot looked so invitingly good that day, I took another photo to show off here. There is a slight variation though – can you spot it? The only difference with the first recipe and this one was the addition of squash tops. As I’d mentioned in another post, the monster squash vines have been growing in the yard. This was the same day the laundrywoman came to tend the garden and she took a snip of some squash tops which, unlike in the past when I had to run to my mother with a bunch of them for her to prepare, I did all the prep work this time. Of course, it was just a handful so it didn’t require Olympian efforts at all… « Sweets for the Sweet | [...]
May 14th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
wow sarap! sadly, i don’t get to cook this as much since ako lang ang kakain…