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RE: Show Yourself - platy - 10-14-2015
What on earth is zucchini squash?
RE: Show Yourself - Ruth - 10-15-2015
It looks similar to a cucumber, is green and long.
RE: Show Yourself - Catherine - 10-15-2015
You don't have zucchini in Australia? It is a member of the cucumber/melon family. It is actually a type of squash. It is ready to eat in the summer so it is sometimes called summer squash.
https://www.google.ca/?gws_rd=cr&ei=1zwfVsWqMcargwSpr7T4Bg#q=zucchini
It can be eaten raw or cooked. It is bland so it is useful in many recipes. I even ground it up and used it as a marmalade base. It can be used as a base for relish. In the summer there is so much of it they people give it away.
My guinea pigs do not like it, but my bearded dragons do.
RE: Show Yourself - platy - 10-15-2015
Ohhhhhh I thought it may have been something different as we only ever call it zucchini here. Silly me. Love the stuff. We sometimes grow our own.
RE: Show Yourself - LPC - 10-16-2015
Just for any UK visitors: the word "zucchini" is a word of Italian origin, which was then exported to the USA & Canada (and it seems, Australia, too!). In the UK the same vegetable is called "courgette". This means a "small courge", from French - i.e. a small marrow or small (elongated) pumpkin.
I don't want to derail this thread - but many UK readers would be scratching their heads otherwise (unless they have US, Canadian or Australian gardening friends!).
RE: Show Yourself - Catherine - 10-16-2015
Good to know LPC, same vegetable, different names. They grow like crazy here and people make them into muffins and zucchini loaf.
They end up in casseroles and stir fries. We eat zucchini cold with dips.
So what do use it for.