courgettes or marrows

Ha ha ha Mac...you let them escape....you did not watch carefully.....but neverthe less they are still just as enjoyable.....Forget the pasta, and just stuff the big ones....mince, onions tomatoes and herbs should set it right...then bake with a cheese topping and a chunck of french bread......lovely.......

Hey Milky I had about ten plants I was completly courgetted , even the neighbours were running away from me , so I let a few of the plants grow one big courgette. Thats my storey and I am sticking to it :~>

make lots of soup and freeze for the winter months!
add a little stilton to really make it nice.............steve

I am going to try a stuffed whatever it's called at the weekend and then I will try a soup with another.

Mmmmmmmmmmm tastey, tastey marrows or I think I mean courgettes anyway they look and sound tastey,

I`m totally confused Mac.....Lol Lol.....:~O

Eh? Monster courgettes?

?? I thought they were he same thing. lol

So did I Hywel!

We learn a lot on GoY :o)

Not half! I'd like to grow some food, but I'm not sure what would go in the little space there is. I could always do what Bamboo suggested & put some veg in the flower beds, but what?

I suppose small things would go in a flower bed - carrots maybe, they have pretty leaves and may not look out of place. I grow some veg in pots and tubs. They grow quite well.

I was thinking of putting tatties in a pot (I mean growing them) but yes, carrot tops are really lovely. Maybe fennel too, that's pretty architectural. thanks Hywel!

we have a cucumber taking over in our polytunnel....ill swop u some cues for a marrow.....my mum used to make marrow rum....

Madperth, Ian told me off when I suggested growing carrots in with my flowers 'because they were pretty'. He said they were for EATING, so watch out!

Marrow rum, Mac. My mum used to make it and there's a recipe at:

http://www.selfsufficientish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3112

Marrow rum???? Oh yes!

I guess a marrow is a neglected courgette, really. We've got far too many this year, and they don't freeze well, do they? I shall be utterly sick of eating them by the time we get to October! Can't give 'em away as everyone round here has the same problem. We need to get our heads and our acts together and agree to STOP growing them ( apart from ONE volunteer, who will then distribute them to everyone else within earshot! ). Him Outdoors keeps emailing me recipes he's found online ( whilst at work! )....oh dear.

I like writing a name, or something short and pithy, on the side of a developing courgette ( use a pin or a sharp pencil to score the skin ) and watching the lettering grow with the plant! Kids love doing that! It doesn't harm the plant....

;-)

well that'll just give Ian another reason to start on me, hee hee! What other pretty veg can I think of? ;~))))

And all this time I thought they were zucchini...LOL
regardless you can find all sorts of recipes on line from breads to stuffed to soups. :)

Theyre only Zucchini in America & italy I think! Same difference<G> ! I love them lightly steamed with carrots & broccoli, then stir-fried into chicken, ginger (root) & dark soy sauce, but they MUST be crunchy for me!

Wonderful in souffles, too!

If you're going to have one, 'ave a biggun' as the saying goes!

Nah, I like the wee crunchy ones!

Zucchini soup is the trick absolutely lovely and you can use marrows or courgettes 'coz when its blitzed who knows what they were? :o)))

Don't do soup! I dont like "wet" food!

It's funny that, my daughter-in-law says the exact same thing, she hates 'wet' food give her crunchy stir fry anyday but soups just do not 'float her boat' so to speak. And she has the same first name as you, spoooooky hehehe.

Makes you wonder how such a thing as a bain-marie ever made into the art of food preparation, then ? :-)

LMAO!!! Very almost funny boys!

They are both "vegetable marrows" the courgette will grow on from its best before size into marrowness but there is a crucial difference , the C has been bred to have a thinner skin, yes you can eat young marrows like Csand their skins are softish too but they firm up a lot quicker and have a denser rind to them. Marrows keep better than Cs do at least they tend to keep longer, Ive still got a large Courgette( i had to think about whether to abbreviate there or not , decided not!!!) waiting to be used up its been cut 2 months now,