anniek,
One thing that I've learned from these forums over the years is that cure is the wrong word to use for any excellent results we get when dealing with a disease or condition.
I didn't get involved in macrobiotics because of any "cure" but because it did improve my quality of life and I felt significantly better when eating the food.
I do feel as I've stated elsewhere recently that it appears to me that the body can heal itself and that the macrobiotic diet can facilitate that healing, but so can many other things, as well.
Nancy,
You apparently are correct to distinguish between the Kabocha and the Japanese Pumpkin.
I contacted Regina Schrambling author of
Squash: A Country Garden Cookbook http://www.popula.com/items_fp/item_..._fp_ID=2264571 http://www.gastropoda.com/bio/index.html
and she said:
"Bruce:
You've done so much good homework I hate to break it to you. Hokkaido and kabocha are different squash. At least two farmers sell them every fall at the Union Square Greenmarket here, and I buy both. Kabocha has really gone mainstream since I did my research, and Hokkaido remains more of a farmers' market oddity.
There are photos of both in my book (Deborah Jones is one hell of a photographer). It's out of print now, but it's all over the internet on sites like alibris (and although my publisher has never informed me or paid me, it is still selling like crazy in Denmark and Austria and other countries).
The two types do look similar but the skin color is different, and the flesh is as well.
Glad to hear from another squash aficionado. And happy to know you found my web site.
all the best,
regina"
So, apparently, Boston doesn't sell Japanese Pumpkin (our loss) and that is why I thought that Kabocha and Japanese Pumpkin are the same.
I called Rainbow Market (which is not associated with
Rainbow Grocery http://www.rainbowgrocery.org/ of San Francisco) and found out that they don't have any Japanese Pumpkin in stock nor do they have a website, yet.
When is Japanese Pumpkin in season, and would anyone who has any Japanese Pumpkin be willing to ship me a good qualty (organic?) one or two, if I pay for everything?
Thank you, very much.
Bruce Paine
