The Hanafi (Arabic: Ø­ÙÙÙââ á¸¤anafÄ«) school is one of the four religious Sunni Islamic schools of jurisprudence (fiqh). It is named after the scholar AbÅ« á¸¤anÄ«fa an-Nuâman ibn ThÄbit (d. 767), a tabiâi whose legal views were preserved primarily by his two most important disciples, Abu Yusuf and Muhammad al-Shaybani.
This medium-sized cylinder-shaped squash can be yellow, cream or tan in color. Spaghetti squash weigh 4-8 pounds. The flesh comes in spaghetti-shaped strands and a sweet, mild flavor. A four pound squash will yield about 5 cups. Season: September-December. How to select: Make sure the squash is hard and is heavy for its size. Avoid buying squash with soft spots.
Growing to about 30 pounds, this is one of the largest squash, so it's generally sold cut into pieces. The photo specimen was probably over 18 inches long and probably weighed around 16 pounds. As the name suggests it's a long narrow squash but is more likely pink, gray or even dark gray rather than yellow.