Cream-Braised Pumpkin Scapes

It's the word "scapes" that got me. They were piled up by the kale and beets on the farmer's table, large flat green leaves with soft, hollow-looking stems and the occasional corkscrew tendril flying out like a tiny green telephone cord. The sign said "Pumpkin Scapes $2." I love garlic scapes, so seeing that there was something called "pumpkin scapes," got me really excited. "What do you