Editing Calabash (section)

=== Europe ===

==== Italy ====
In Southern Italy and Sicily, the variety Lagenaria siceraria var. longissima, called zucca da vino, zucca bottiglia, or cucuzza, is grown and used in soup or along with pasta.

In Sicily, mostly in the Palermo area, a traditional soup called "Minestra di Tenerumi" is made with the tender leaves of var. Longissima along with peeled tomato and garlic. The young leaves are themselves called "tenerumi", and Lagenaria in Sicily is cultivated both professionally and in home orchards mostly to use the leaves as a vegetable, the fruit being treated almost as a secondary product.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Puca |first=Davide |title=Che cos'è una minestra? Il sistema delle minestre siciliane |trans-title=What is a soup? The system of Sicilian soups |language=it |journal=E/C |volume=27 |date=2019 |pages=1–11 |hdl=10447/492973 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

It is also grown by the [[Italian diaspora]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Nicastro|first=Francesca|url=https://www.ditalia.com/blogs/the-secret-sauce/how-to-cook-with-cucuzza|title=How to Cook with Cucuzza|date=1 August 2017}}</ref>

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File:Iozucchine.jpg| Man with cucuzza
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