Stupid Question of the day

[Skotch]

What (if any) is the difference between a pumpkin and a squash? Has it anything to do with their keeping qualities?

[Bigmallly]

I didn't know so had a look and found this:
Pumpkin

[mendacious dog]

Maybe there is more room in a pumpkin?

Woof

[hamsterqueen]

a pumpkin is a variety of squash

[BigShot]

Don't worry about "stupid". I had to ask someone if there was a difference between sultanas and raisins the other day.

[Bigmallly]

Don't worry about "stupid". I had to ask someone if there was a difference between sultanas and raisins the other day.

And is there?

[Jeanied]

All as clear as mud - as usual.

[Bigmallly]

I know, check this out...........

What's the difference between a raisin and a sultana? | Notes and Queries | guardian.co.uk

[BigShot]

BigMally - there are some good answers here What's the difference between a raisin and a sultana? | Notes and Queries | guardian.co.uk
(I found this when doing a quick google search to see if I was right so I didn't say something stupid.)

I especially like the nostril test and £1.50/kg.

Raisin = dried grape.
Sultana = dried grape of a certain variety.

Both start as white grapes. Currants start as black grapes.

[Bigmallly]

There's no such thing as a stupid question BS, not in my book anyway.

[Nykied]

BigShot, this was my favourite:

•Sultanas are shifty and not to be trusted like a lamb's leg in a badger's nest, raisins are a man's fruit, stern and honest like a cheese magnum.

[womble]

Is a cheese magnum, a vile flavoured ice cream lolly?

[Bigmallly]

I thought it was what they used to shoot the holes in it.

[realfood]

Pumpkin and squash are generic terms. If you want to be specific, you could refer to Summer Squash eg. courgettes, (cucurbita pepo); Winter Squash( eg cucurbita maxima, C pepo, C Moschata). Pumpkins are in this group and are often grown for size or Halloween, rather than taste. There are also Butternuts (cucurbita Moschata).