Are yellow zucchini and summer squash the same thing??

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Hi. I know this may sound like kind of a stupid question, but I am new to the whole cooking scene. I was told by someone that summer squash is the same thing as what looks like a yellow zucchini. Is this accurate? I would greatly appreciate any educated answer. : ) Thanks for your time!!

I am not sure if it is called a yellow zucchini or not. It looks just like a green zucchini, but is yellow. I know it is not a spaghetti squash, acorn squash, but I don't know much more about the types of squash there are. What does a butternut squash look like? This one I have has no crooked neck, not fat or round....looks exactly like a regular green zucchini, only yellow.....I am confused...LOL.

Answer 1

All yellow zucchini are summer squash but not all summer squash are yellow zucchini.

For cooking purposes, squash is divided into two categories: summer and winter.

The summer squash are ones that taste best when they are harvested and cooked before they mature and develop seeds. Zucchini and scallop squash are the most common summer squash found in stores.

Winter squash are those that have good flavor and (this is very important to the category) good keeping qualities when they are mature. As they mature, squash develops a hard rind and usually large seeds. Usually, the most common varieties of winter squash you'll find in the market are spaghetti, acorn, butternut.

There are some varieties, like zuchetta rampecanta, that are good for both fresh eating and long keeping.

There are hundreds of varieties of squash, both summer and winter, but very few ever show up in the store.

Answer 2

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Are yellow zucchini and summer squash the same thing??
Hi. I know this may sound like kind of a stupid question, but I am new to the whole cooking scene. I was told by someone that summer squash is the same thing as what looks like a yellow zucchini. Is this accurate? I would greatly appreciate any educated answer. : ) Thanks for your time!!

Answer 3

I can't give you a technical answer--- but what I have always heard referred to as 'summer squash' is the buttery-yellow crook-neck variety with kind of bumpy skin.
While zucchini is traditionally green-- there is a new hybrid yellow variety.
Also growing in the summer is "Patty Pan" which look like little green flying saucers. All of these have soft skins and should be harvested young and eaten while fresh.
On the other hand, if you are growing squash, sometimes one will escape detection (Zucchini are especially clever at this) and grow to gargantuan proportions. They will also develop a tough skin (immune to all insults). If you are lucky enough to win the battle with them and cut them from the vine, you can store them for several weeks--- but they must be peeled like a 'winter squash' and the large seeds taken out (you can toast them like pumpkin seeds)
There are LOTS of weird and wonderful "winter' squash--- which also grow in the summer, actually, but you don't cut them off the vine until late fall (when the frost is on the pumpkin...) and they will have hard skins.... or even leave them until the vine withers. They can be stored for a very long time in a cool dry place and cooked in many ways. Quite rich in vitamin A, they helped many families through the winter in the olden days.
A good squash is a wonderful thing! Get yourself a Burpee seed catalog and wonder at the beauty and variety of the humble squash!
Rumor has it, houses can even be built from them--Peter Peter's wife lived quite well in a pumpkin shell.

Answer 4

I've been cooking a long time. I just haven't seen a yellow zucchini... sorry. I have cooked long green zucchini and cooked yellow crook neck squash, had butternut squash tonight for dinner and spaghetti squash last night for dinner with alfredo sauce, but can't help you with your question. I'm interested to hear the answers you get.

Answer 5

I could be wrong... but I think summer squash is a wider category... basically including all the varieties of squash that come ripe in the summertime. Other types of squash become ripe in the winter (or late fall) and are referred to as winter squash. I don't think summer squash refers to any one particular variety though. But like I said... I could be wrong.

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They are grown in summer compared to the others grown in winter, but they are basically the same thing.

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Answer 8

No..but they are both in the same family.

Answer 9

Don't think so

Answer 10

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