Squash, crookneck

Crookneck squash, also known as yellow squash, is a cultivar of Cucurbita pepo, the species that also includes some pumpkins and most other summer squashes. The plants are bushy and do not spread like the plants of winter squash and pumpkin. Most often used as a summer squash, it is characterized by its yellow skin (which may be smooth or bumpy) and sweet yellow flesh, as well as its distinctive curved stem-end or "crooked neck". It should not be confused with crookneck cultivars of Cucurbita moschata, such as the winter squash 'Golden Cushaw', or the vining summer squash 'Tromboncino'.

Yellow crookneck squash are generally harvested immature, when they are less than two inches in diameter, since the skin toughens and the quality degrades as the squash reaches full maturity.

Crookneck squash Nutrition Facts: Calories, Carbs, and Health Benefits

Crookneck squash is 94.28% water, contains 3.88% carbohydrates, 0.27% fat, and 1.01% protein. One cup of sliced crookneck squash will give you with 4.928 grams of carbohydrates. It is equal to 3.79 percent of the 130 grams of carbohydrates you need on a daily basis. That same in an amount measuring 100 grams (3.5 Oz), crookneck squash provides 78 kilojoules (19 kilocalories) of energy and is a good dietary source of Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) (25.73% of the Daily Value). This means that if you add crookneck squash in your diet it will help your body to reduce probability of heart disease by fighting cholesterol, reduce the risk of anemia as this vitamin absorbs iron, improve the efficiency of lymphocytes (or white blood cells) to heal wounds and will be effective against dementia since vitamin C impacts memory positivelyhigh blood pressurethe occurrence of cancer. With this it contains a moderate amount of Copper (10.22% DV).