Peanut squash - is it...

[sparrow100]

...just a fancy name for butternut?

I bought seeds in the dizzy whirl that is Brighton's Seedy Sunday and forgot to note down what kind of squash it is.

I have a nagging doubt that I've been dazzled into buying another ruddy butternut. I can't find any reference to it on the seed merchant's site (the Ebisu squash I bought is also not listed), not can I find it on t'internet. The packet is a plain brown envelope with generic pictures on it.

I have just bought a butternut, haven't I?

[Snoop Puss]

Butternut squash is known here as Peanut squash (calabaza de cacahuete).

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news...

[sparrow100]

Oh they certainly saw me coming then! Hoist by my own 'I-love-rare-squash, what-is-this?' petard!

I have never bought anything from this particular place before and I think it will be my last...

[lottie dolly]

Just had a gogle,the ebisu squash is a type of kabocha,said to be very nice,i only typed in ( ebisu squash)and up it came,another look,could be like a pumpkin type also.

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...just a fancy name for butternut?

I bought seeds in the dizzy whirl that is Brighton's Seedy Sunday and forgot to note down what kind of squash it is.

I have a nagging doubt that I've been dazzled into buying another ruddy butternut. I can't find any reference to it on the seed merchant's site (the Ebisu squash I bought is also not listed), not can I find it on t'internet. The packet is a plain brown envelope with generic pictures on it.

I have just bought a butternut, haven't I?

galeux d'eysines is also known as peanut. Squash , Galeux d' Eysines - aka Peanut, THIS MONTHS FEATURED VEGETABLE SEEDS - Squash - Winter (Seed)

[sparrow100]

Ah thanks NG. Was going to relegate the seeds to a swap table, but I might have a punt on a plant then just to see what it is - butternut or pink warty Frenchness.

[seasprout]

Ah thanks NG. Was going to relegate the seeds to a swap table, but I might have a punt on a plant then just to see what it is - butternut or pink warty Frenchness.

I grew the warty frenchness last year, it tasted ruddy awful compared to Crown Prince. Just saying.