Color-changing squash reveals ripeness
Thursday, October 6, 2016 - 12:25
in Paleontology & Archaeology
How do you know when squash is at its ripest and tastiest? Most vegetables offer a unique hint. Bananas turn a summery yellow. Peaches are soft but not too squishy. Squash, however, is an anomaly in that it shows no exterior sign of ripeness. At least it didn’t until Michael Mazourek, assistant professor in plant […]