Here’s a shot a small vegetable stand in a market around here. There’s a variety of vegetables including winter melons, mushrooms, cabbage, and, most notably, pumpkins. Thai pumpkins, called fak tawng [ฟัà¸à¸—à¸à¸‡], are used in a lot of dishes ranging from main entrees to desserts. They remind me a lot of acorn or butternut squash in America. I love American pumpkins but unfortunately, while they look much nicer, they seem to be way underutilized. Not too many common dishes beyond pumpkin pie and perhaps a few other desserts. This is a clear case where one needs to avoid judging a book by its cover since the ugly Thai pumpkin turns out to be the tastier of the two.
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