On 2009-06-04 18:31:36 +0100, David in Normandy
said:

Can courgettes be eaten raw? The other day I had some that had been
only very lightly fried in a little bacon fat and they were still quite
crisp and tasted a little like sweet chestnuts. Prompted me to wonder
if anyone eats them raw? Can they be pickled raw in vinegar? Is that
essentially what pickled gherkins are?

Oh definitely - slice or grate into salads. They're very good.
Gherkins are baby cucumbers. For a good French lunch snack, take a
baguette and slice it in half, butter it, put in a slice of really good
ham, put thin slices of your favourite cheese on top of that and then
some thinly sliced gherkins. Enjoy.
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