#tatume

[tekdiver]

Leighton and Tatum 1

[buenprovechofarm]

Turns out these are rare heirloom Tatume Squash about the size of a baseball or softball. They are very tender at this stage and can also be left to use as winter squash (aka Calabacita). Who knew?! — I like them raw but can be sautéed or baked into zucchini bread. — Picking lots per day (plus regular zucchini and yellow pattypan) so let me know if you want any (cheap or trade for something). #farmlife #tatume #zucchini (at Cotati) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQrL3OEpiiK/?utm_medium=tumblr

[filmlovecoffee]

Even more summer squash

I mentioned in my last veggie post that I've been forcing myself to take something new each week at my CSA pick-up.  There is always TONS of summer squash, and I took quite a bit of tatume.  I'm not much of a squash gal, but like I said, challenging myself.

One of my favorite foods is banana bread.  Hate bananas.  Love banana bread.  Go figure. I also detest zucchini, but I don't entirely dislike zucchini bread.  I thought I'd try making zucchini bread, replacing the zucchini with it's more tolerable cousin, tatume.  While searching for recipes I came across this one from another tumblr user. If you actually go look at her post, she's got a lovely picture of a tatume so you know what I'm talking about.

The bread was FANTASTIC!  Granted, I did use about half the amount of squash the recipe called for (based on availability).  Also, let's be honest, that recipe has quite a lot of sugar in it.  If I made it again, I might tone down some of the sugar, but I think it's the cinnamon that really kicked the cake out of the park.  I may also have botched up some of the teaspoon/tablespoon measurements, but hey, it's all relative & it turned out great anyway.  Though the cake did ooze up quite a bit due to all that baking soda & powder...