 | Cymling or Pattypan Squash. Commonly called Pattypan Squash, this variety, like the crookneck, originated among the Native North Americans. The term "Cymling" or "Cymlin" dates to the 1600s and refers to its fluted shape, resembling Lenten Simnel cakes. Cymlins were well-known in the colonies by the 1790s and Jefferson said they were "one of our finest and most innocent vegetables." They were frequently grown in his retirement garden as well as in the gardens of Monticello's enslaved African Americans, and were best used in... - Cymling or Pattypan Squash. |
