On Fri, 06 Jun 2003 11:40:32 GMT, Jim Elbrecht
wrote:

Finally, after 30-40 yrs of growing them, I tried them last year.
1. Pick in the AM before the bees get in them.
2. Use the male flowers- [the ones without fruit] ,
3. leave a tail, and place in a vase in a sunny window-- that might
get them to open in the afternoon-- [if there is another trick to
getting them to open so they stuff easier, could someone speak up?]
4. Stuff with mozzerella cubes & whatever 'feels good'- I've used
mushrooms, various spices, cheeses-- and I'm going for the anchovies
this summer.
5. use a simple batter of 1 cu. flour, salt, pepper, 1 Tbl oil & water
to make runny like pancake batter.
6. grab by the tail & deep fry. . . .

I will remember the opening-in-water advice. How come you don't
mention any sort of chile in the stuffing? Maybe there could be a sort
of veg tur-duck-en -- chiles stuffed with squash blossoms stuffed with
cheese?