Originally Posted by
wraez
I don't think I have ever eaten this kind of squash but I know my dad says he loved the way his mom (my grandmother) made it when he was a kid ... they had a large farm and a large garden.
I remember gramma making a tasty pie she called 'ground cherry' pie ... the fruit was green and had a papery-lantern like covering ... she grew them in her garden too.
the Hubbard tastes very much like the Butternut, which is my all-time favorite.
you brought back memories with the ground cherries. i had to look it up... the true name is
Physalis. the source i found says that it can be used as a hallucinogen and is outlawed in Louisiana for purposes other than decoration
