ENTRY: abóbora
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CLASS: noun
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Cucurbita spp.
EQUIVALENT: squash
DEFINITION: Common name of several thick-skinned cultivars of different colors and shapes with soft and fleshy pulp which is cooked and used for making sweet and savory dishes.
EXAMPLE: To use the squash, cut it in half and remove the seeds with a spoon. Carefully use a vegetable peeler or a sharp knife 10 remove the skin, and cut flesh into 1-in.-square chunks.
SOURCE: Cooking the Brazilian Way
COMMENT: Widely appreciated all over the country, pumpkins are peeled and seeded to be cooked and made into sweets, soups, salads and traditional dishes such as quibebe and camarão na moranga. Its sprout, called cambuquira, is also edible.
CLUSTERS: puréed pumpkin; pumpkin seeds; pumpkin soup; pumpkin dessert; pumpkin purée; cook the pumpkin; peel the pumpkin; pumpkin balls; pumpkin, peeled, seeded; baking squash; butternut squash; hubbard squash; summer squash; winter squash; mash the squash.
SUBENTRY: abóbora-moranga
SUBENTRY CLASS: noun
SUBENTRY SCIENTIFIC NAME: Cucurbita pepo
SUBENTRY EQUIVALENT: pumpkin
SUBENTRY DEFINITION: Large round orange squash with smooth ribbed skin also used whole as a baking dish for camarão na moranga.
SUBENTRY EXAMPLE: Cut the lid off the pumpkin and clean out the seeds.
SUBENTRY SOURCE: A Taste of Brazil