Mexican cuisine
The flower ("flor de calabaza") is used as an ingredient in quesadillas, empanadas and other dishes in Mexican cuisine and New Mexican cuisine, and in pupusas in Salvadoran cuisine. The flowers ("bulaklak ng kalabasa") are also commonly eaten stuffed ("relyeno" or "relleno"), or as ingredients in soups in Philippine cuisine, along with young leaves ("talbos ng kalabasa").