Thread: Food and Drink

Originally Posted by impulse

Кабачок (кабачки) - vegtable marrow

кабачок also means squash and sometimes zucchini

Originally Posted by Doomer

кабачок also means squash and sometimes zucchini

I thought squash was тыква and кабачок zucchini?

Anyway, pumpkin, squash, and zucchini are all different varieties of the same vegetable.

Originally Posted by John_Douglas

I thought squash was тыква and кабачок zucchini?

Anyway, pumpkin, squash, and zucchini are all different varieties of the same vegetable.

Well тыква и кабачок may be close relatives but their tests are very different.

Zucchini is something intermediate between them (by all characteristics).

Originally Posted by John_Douglas

I thought squash was тыква and кабачок zucchini?

тыква - pumpkin
кабачок - squash
цуккини - zucchini
патиссон - white squash