If you found out that you had the chance to taste an 800-year-old squash, would you grab your fork and dive in? Before your cringe, know this: The squash was actually grown from 800-year-old seeds, and once harvested, it looks pretty delicious. This particular species of squash has been extinct for centuries, but students from Winnipeg, Canada found a clay pot full of seeds at an archeological dig in Wisconsin. As it turns out, the seeds were still viable, so they were able to grow the squash that they are now calling”Gete-okosomin,” which roughly translates to “really cool old squash.”
