Strange squash type, bought for 3 months and then brought to cook

With unique shapes, unique colors, baby squash attracts Ha Thanh people to buy and play, although it is expensive. Someone spent millions of dong to buy this fruit to decorate it, then leave it for a few months when he was bored and brought it to cook.
Pumpkin is a nutritious fruit, used by people to process into many different dishes. In the market, this fruit is sold all year round at a fairly cheap price, only about 10,000-15,000 VND / kg, sometimes only 5,000 VND / kg. Small squash usually weighs about 1 kg / fruit, average 2-5 kg ​​/ fruit, some weighs up to 10 kg / fruit. In fact, many varieties of pumpkins weigh even a few pounds.

However, in recent days, the market has appeared super strange squash with all different shapes and colors. Notably, these squash have a very small weight, ranging from 150-300 grams / fruit. According to the seller, it’s baby squash, sourced from abroad. In recent years, this type of squash was introduced to Vietnam and planted as squash. The pumpkins have eye-catching shapes and colorful colors that attract customers Ms. Ngo Huyen – the hub selling baby pumpkins in Tran Hoa (Dai Kim, Hoang Mai, Hanoi) – said that for the first time she bought this kind of pumpkins because they found them very beautiful and strange. But at that time, she bought it not for cooking, but used as home decorations. After that, she researched and imported goods to sell. Ms. Huyen said that this kind of baby pumpkin has the characteristic of very small fruit. For example, the round yellow pumpkin requires 3-4 to get 1kg; green striped squash, white squash, … then 6-7 can get 1kg. Pumpkin is grown by some gardeners in Da Lat (Lam Dong). When harvested, squash is often bought as decor, while processed into dishes is not much. Also according to Ms. Huyen, except for squash types with white skin, the other types of baby squash have very thick skin, which can be decorated indoors for 3-6 months. When playing, it’s okay to cook, because this pumpkin tastes like a traditional pumpkin. In particular, the pumpkin is so beautiful that people often make a dish stuffed with meat to steam or grill, some families use it as a snack for children. This type of squash is quite expensive but is decorated by many people The more strange shaped pumpkins are, the more women prefer to buy them Pumpkin price is divided into 2 types. Pumpkin mix with large and small fruits costs 95,000 VND / kg, yellow squash costs 85,000 VND / kg. At this price, baby squash is 5-10 times more expensive than pumpkins, but still attracts Hanoi customers. “Most customers only buy 1-2kg for decoration, but there are also people who buy up to 3-5kg once,” Ms. Huyen said. 2-3 times a week, she imported pumpkins from the gardens in Da Lat. Most imported goods are only enough to pay for customers, the surplus is not much. Like the recent pumpkin trip, she imported 50kg and returned nearly 40kg to customers who booked in advance. The rest are kept at stores for sale, but are also “out of stock”. On this occasion, the supply is scarce, so customers often have to book a few days in advance to have it. Anh Dao Van Truong, owner of a clean food store in Ha Dong (Hanoi), also said that although this baby squash is quite expensive, it is still bought a lot by people. Currently, this type of squash is being grown by gardeners in Da Lat to harvest fruits for sale Although most are bought to watch, but traders are able to sell weights each week When I first imported this secret to sell, the quantity of goods sold was not much. However, from the beginning of March up to now, the demand for baby squash has increased dramatically. Instead of selling all 40-50 kg a week as before, now every day he sells 60-80kg. As a huge fan of this kind of pumpkin, Ms. Vu Van Huong from Yen Ninh (Ba Dinh, Hanoi) has spent more than 2 million VND to buy green, white, orange, and yellow squash from Christmas last year. .. about home decoration for fun. At Christmas, she ordered 5kg, the price was 130,000 VND / kg, and put it in a rattan basket on the dining table to allow air. The rest are decorated on pine trees. After Christmas, she sometimes makes a steamed or grilled dish, sometimes she is stewed with bones. So, from Tet until now, she bought two more times, each 5kg, there are fruits that have not been damaged for 3 months, because this pumpkin can be played and eaten at the same time.