Gourd of mystery

I received a mysterious object in my CSA box yesterday - long, cylindrical and slightly helical when held from its stem. With its vertical light green stripes, it could be a mobile or post-modern christmas tree ornament. But nay, googling has revealed it is any armenian cucumber. Not to be confused with azerbaijani cucumbers. I will put it pasta salad and see if it leads me back to the steppes of the motherland. Or perhaps a cossack inspired dance.