"David in Normandy" wrote in message
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1) Apple, blackberry and courgette pie!
We had a few windfall apples, not enough to make a pie but by including
some courgettes chopped and treated the same as the apples they made a
pleasant inclusion in the pie. The courgettes were almost tasteless as
such and just picked up the taste of the blackberries. Their texture was
virtually identical to that of the apple. Ratio about twice the weight of
apple to courgettes.

2) Raw!
I'd just read online that courgettes can be eaten raw and are often used
in salads etc. I've just sat and eaten a whole one - eating it like a long
apple, skin and all. Slightly nutty flavour. Not particularly sweet but
not sour either. Apparently quite nutritious and very low in calories.
Cheaper and more healthy than my usual evening snack of a bag of crisps.
Quite filling too. Even the dogs came to investigate and shared a few
morsels of it with me!

Some years ago I was served a dish of courgettes (zucchini on this side of
the pond) stir-fried with cumin. It was absolutely delicious and I only wish
I had written down the recipe at the time.
I have just googled the terms and this one seems to be close:
http://www.thehungerstruck.com/2010/...ni-with-cumin/

Graham