CHILLIN Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 Apparently they love Mexican Chayote Squash in India. This video is funny towards the end when the translation sort of goes off the rails. Lots of recipes for Chow Chow - the vegetable not the dog. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafterbr Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 In Oklahoma after a few cold nights and just before the first freeze my wife harvested all the tomatoes and made some great chow chow with the green ones. Frijoles, cornbread and chow chow is hard to beat on a cold winter day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bisbee Gal Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 I've known this squash as mirliton since the 1980's and Paul Prudhomme's first Louisiana Kitchen cookbook. My favorite way to prepare them is to boil until soft then carve into canoe shapes (actually, pirogues...the name of swamp boats in Louisiana), then bread, deep fry and fill with shrimp usually in a creamy but spicy Cajun sauce. I didn't know it was also called chayote until I moved to southern AZ in 2003. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHILLIN Posted August 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 I just ran across it in what has become a cult classic cookbook called "Usha's Pickle Digest" which is collection of 1,000(!) India pickle recipes. She had one calling for chow chow, so I had to look it up, like so many things in that book. It is like reading instructions for an ancient treasure hunt, or a sorcerer's manual. She a new book pending any day with 1,000 Rasam recipes. Rasams are from Southern India and are spicy broths to sprinkle on dry, leftover rice etc. https://food52.com/blog/25629-what-is-rasam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tingting Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 I saw the title of this and was expecting to read about some rip-off restaurant that was trying to pass off chayote in a recipe, not something where the chayote WAS a part of the recipe! lol...it's been a long day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisy2013 Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 It must be the day because when I saw the title I thought of a Chow Chow dog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tingting Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 20 hours ago, daisy2013 said: It must be the day because when I saw the title I thought of a Chow Chow dog Now you're going to have to get a Chow Chow dog and name it "Chayote!" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dichosalocura Posted August 30, 2021 Report Share Posted August 30, 2021 Coming from North Carolina when I hear chow chow, in regards to food, I think about that pickle relish we call chow chow. And I was thinking, wow, chow chow made from chayote. ¡Qué interesante! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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