Does your town have an annual festival dedicated to its favorite squash? Mine does. It's the Bywater Mirliton Festival, an autumn event held in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans with music, food, and — of course — mirlitons, the green, bumpy, pear-shaped squash that grows on vines around the city.
You might know the mirliton by another name (hint: the plant is native to Mexico), but nowhere else is the squash cooked and eaten quite the same way as it is in New Orleans. Here's how this funny-looking vegetable became the unofficial squash of the city.
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