Zucchini

[cjsmith]

OK, you guys are all going to laugh at me when I say this, but next summer I want to try growing zucchini.

I'm serious. It's great with beef, tomatoes, onion, and garlic in a stir fry. It's lovely sliced up and steamed with yellow squash with nothing more than some pepper on it. It's probably going to be scrumptious in this cream-of soup I've got in the crock pot right now. I like zucchini bread and would make some now except I shouldn't eat any. I even plan to try scraping strips off it with a peeler and serving it like pasta. (Hey. No making fun of a desperate woman. I haven't had pesto, marinara, or alfredo in months.)

Anybody have a lot of zucchini they don't know what to do with? I can help out. I'm generous that way.

Comments

[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

i admire your ambition. but you DO know about zucchini plants, right? that they'll take over everything in sight, and you'll go from tiny sprout to OMGmonster zukes in about 30 seconds?

and yeah, zukes in the store? pathetic.

(my favorite is long slices of zukes, brushed with olive oil, sprinkled with italian seasoning, baked/broiled and then topped with shredded parmesan.)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I went back to the store today for a couple of things (forgot onions and eggs yesterday) and the zukes were much nicer. Not the big logs you'd expect from a home garden, but at least they were unapologetically zucchini!

Maybe I'll plant ONE seed. :-)