In article , Scott L. Hadley
writes
One of the reasons I love this ng, beyond furthering my gardening education,
is the added benefit of never knowing when I will turn up one of these
little treasures. But at risk of appearing naive, I wonder if you can tell
me about this new use (new to me) of the word marrow. Help this silly guy in
the States, please(?) What is it---Best I can come up with is the vegetable
known here as squash.Thanks in advance

Think of a summer squash, with light green skin with broad longitudinal
stripes, about 8 inches diameter and 2ft long. Very light green flesh,
almost transparent so you can see the veins in it. You can peel them and
steam slices of them to use as a vegetable with an astonishing lack of
taste, but they are better filled with minced beef and baked - baked
whole is good but for the average sized family a few rings will suffice.
--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/garden/