Crookneck squash (or yellow squash) is what we refer to when we say we are having squash for supper. All the other types get double names, like butternut squash or acorn squash, but not the yellow kind with the bulbous bodies and thin curving necks. They are just squash, and they are abundant right now in backyard gardens and farmers markets.
If you plant squash in the summer, you know what a bounty only a couple of seedlings yields. The plants spread out and run wild with large green leaves and magnificent five-pointed, edible, yellow blossoms. Its leaves are like umbrellas shielding the delicate skinned, daffodil-colored fruit from the sun. Yes, I did say fruit.
