"Waste not, want not"
Okay, so last Thursday I harvested about 50 pounds of Zucchini and Yellow crook-necked Squash out of my garden. Left that night on a short trip out of town and came home late last night. Went to the garden this morning and I've got some Zucchini that's 18" long and about as big as a softball in diameter at the largest end. Are they too "woody" at that point? I don't want to waste them, so what's the best way to cook them?
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I don't know how good they'll be for sauted squash, but I make all my zucchini bread and cake from my monster zuccs that have gotten away from me.
I think I've read that they're still good if you pull all the seeds and roast with butter and ___ ? I forget, it was sugar, or something.
Personally, I only like zucchini for baked things, so all my friends get the good cooking ones.
I think I've read that they're still good if you pull all the seeds and roast with butter and ___ ? I forget, it was sugar, or something.
Personally, I only like zucchini for baked things, so all my friends get the good cooking ones.
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What my grandma used to do with the big huge Zucchini's: skin them, and then take the seeds out. Saute them in some butter, garlic, and onions. Once everything became almost cooked through, she's add water and cover to steam everything. Once everything in the pan became soft, she would add breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper.
My grandmother was from Italy... so it was a peasant dish from her small farming village.
Trust me, its not gourmet, but it was good.
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You can always make bread with them too.
My grandmother was from Italy... so it was a peasant dish from her small farming village.
Trust me, its not gourmet, but it was good.
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You can always make bread with them too.
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On Sunday, go to the church parking lot and every car with a window down gets a zucchini. Every pickup truck too.
If you have leftovers, you can always make boats.
Make zucchini milk. Peel, take out the seeds, cut the flesh up some and put it in the blender. Liquify it. Use the "milk" in place of the water in any pastry or bread recipe.
Feed it to the chickens.
A few ideas.
If you have leftovers, you can always make boats.
Make zucchini milk. Peel, take out the seeds, cut the flesh up some and put it in the blender. Liquify it. Use the "milk" in place of the water in any pastry or bread recipe.
Feed it to the chickens.
A few ideas.
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HAAAAA HA! We have noticed people are rolling their windows up and locking their doors more frequently! . Hehehe... We have resorted to hanging grocery bags full of them on peoples mailbox handles when they see me coming with grocery bags, they don't wave hello anymoreThis is about the time of year people rollup their car windows and lock the doors. If you don't, you'll often find zucchini in them.
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Wow! I love the church parking lot comment. I might try it myself!
I f the windows are up and the doors locked try you're local food pantry...The kids are out of school and so many families are having such a hard time right now that with the schools not feeding some breakfast and lunch they go without.
I f the windows are up and the doors locked try you're local food pantry...The kids are out of school and so many families are having such a hard time right now that with the schools not feeding some breakfast and lunch they go without.
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