Talk:Kabocha

message: it states "some of the starch converts to carbohydrate content".  There may have been a translation issue or whatnot, but starch *is* a carbohydrate.  Perhaps they meant "some of the starch converts to sugar content"  This would make more sense as the end of the article explains that "dry, bland-tasting kabocha is transformed into smooth, sweet kabocha"  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.204.5.236 (talk) 18:45, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Under the ripening section 

message: * If you search Yahoo! for "Kabocha" and "winter squash" = 5,730
* If you search Yahoo! for "Kabocha" and "southern squash" = 3
:Valuable as Google may be, the Japanese characters mean "southern squash".  The reason for the Google hits is that kabocha is most often used as a winter squash, i.e. it is harvested when mature for storage into the winter.  Two totally different things. — Pekinensis 21:07, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I just don't understand why the two questions are connected.  Kabocha is one variety of winter squash.  The English name comes from a Japanese word which means literally "southern squash".  Why would these points be in opposition?  — Pekinensis 22:36, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

text: Also, I don't believe that kabocha means "winter squash" to English speakers.  I believe it means a particular type, usually not too big, with green skin, and so on.  Butternut squash, acorn squash, and Halloween pumpkins, for example, are winter squashes but not kabochas.  If you are saying that some people use the word "kabocha" generically to include butternut squash, acorn squash, and Halloween pumpkins, then there are two meanings for the word, and we should make a note of that. — Pekinensis 22:46, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree.  To English speakers, kabocha is a type of winter squash.  To say that the word means winter squash is misleading and no more correct than if someone said "Hubbard Squash" means winter squash. -- WormRunner | Talk 06:03, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Winter v. Southern

message: It is well documented in Japan and elsewhere that kabocha comes from the word "Cambodia", by way of Portuguese traders who named the squash 「Cambodia abóbora」（カンボジャ・アボボラ) and brought it to Japan in 1541. It does not come from the Spanish "calabaza". 
Sources: 
Japanese version of kabocha page: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3
this PDF from JETRO: http://www.jetro.go.jp/en/stats/survey/epa/sympo0312/031211.pdf
..page from Ehime's city website: 
http://www.dcity-ehime.com/project_hp/004/
and numerous others. Just google "kabocha Cambodia". There is no dispute among Japanese people that "kabocha" is derived from "Cambodia", or "jagaimo" (potato) from Jakarta, Indonesia. I am therefore changing the incorrect information.
pogo (talk) 23:22, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect Etymology 

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message: The tempura photo appears to show shrimp tempura. Unless it shows kabocha tempura, it should be removed in favor of a more appropriate photo. Badagnani (talk) 17:15, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tempura photo 

message: Is this veggie the same one that the Australians call a "Jap pumpkin"? Example from the Monash University, gastroenterology division, FODMAP diet blog: http://fodmapmonash.blogspot.com.au/2016/03/pumpkin-zucchini-slice.html#more  This FODMAP blogsite, written by a woman who has a registered dietitian with FODMAP expertise review her work, says that they are the same and that it is also called the "Kent pumpkin": https://www.alittlebityummy.com/blog/what-is-jap-pumpkin-and-is-it-low-fodmap/ However, this WP article, Winter squash, states that the Kent and the Kabocha are not the same. What's the real story? Thank you for your help, Wordreader (talk) 16:00, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it is also called a "Japanese pumpkin". Kabocha is a Japanese word.   HalfGig talk 17:01, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  AKA "Jap pumpkin"?