While blanched or boiled vegetables include spinach, papaya leaves and chayote. It consists of chicken, pork, carrots, potatoes, chayote, raisins, vinegar and tomato sauce. Common vegetables used in picadillos are potatoes, green beans, squash, ayote, chayote and arracache. Meat and cheese dishes are frequently accompanied by vegetables, such as squash, chayote, and carrots. Starchy tubers, starchy fruit, chayote, and squash are all known as "viandas" or "verduras". Challenge #1&colon; On Day 1, they had to use chayote squash in a special dish. The chayote fruit is mostly used cooked. Coconut and chayote soup is consumed in some areas of the Caribbean. Whether raw or cooked, chayote is a good source of vitamin C. Its best known member is the edible and widely cultivated chayote. Fields of corn and chayote are very common in this area. Chayote or calabash ("upo") can also be substituted for green papaya. Many New Orleans restaurants also have chayote (mirliton) spring rolls. Chayote can be sliced lengthwise and eaten using salad dressing dip. The truck with the best chayote dish got $350 in their till.