Bob Smith (UK) wrote:
Hi,

First time I have grown courgettes this year, and I have a couple of
questions.

1) The plants are spiky and thorny. The baby courgettes that are growing
are also spiky. Does this go away, or do you have to "shave" them?

2) People talk about eating the flowers. I tasted a but of one the other
day, and it didn't taste wonderful. Not horrid, just not worth the effort
as far as I can tell. Do the flowers get a good flavour when cooked?

Bob

Courgettes do lose the spikes..think of the larger fruit(marrow) they
disappear either as they expand or they drop off as the picked(dead)
plant loses some freshness.
The courgette flowers are probably regarded as a delicacy but given
time they will lose their 'celebrity chef' status and we can go back to
growing them for the fruit!

Chris