Good, because Squash is one of our most important crops.
The Amerinds used to grow corn, beans, and squash together. They are called the "3 sisters". This is almost a perfect minimal balanced diet, and it is all self-storing.
The corn and beans can be dried. The beans are short of sulfur-containing amino acids, and the corn is short of lysine. Together, they make a complete protein.
But you can't live on them--you need fresh food. Hence the squash, a nutrient-rich self-storing fruit (technically) that will last a year or two. And if you eat the extra seeds, then you get more protein and some valuable essential fatty acids. Deep-colored squashes are rich in vitamin A, and they have some vitamin C. The fact that squashes store is amazing--most of their kin don't at all. Look for types with particularly hard shells. Also, preferably they have SMOOTH dryish flesh. Some have unpleasantly fibrous and/or watery flesh. I like them smooth, dryish, sweet, and deeply-colored. When really good, they remind you of sweet potatoes, though not quite as starchy.
The beans fix nitrogen to help feed the other two--both of which are nitrogen hogs (especially corn). Except for a few modern breeds that have been bred to be spineless, Squashes tend to have spines that help protect the other two crops from predation.
