Anybody else out there running out of good ideas for preparing
zucchini?

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nonprofit organization that promotes a closer connection between
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On 11 Sep 2003 12:58:16 -0700,
(rdoiron) wrote:

Anybody else out there running out of good ideas for preparing
zucchini?

Check out the zucchini page of Kitchen Gardeners International, a new
nonprofit organization that promotes a closer connection between
people and their food: www.kitchengardeners.org/zucchini.html

This may be totally unbelievable, but we really don't have
an excess of zucchini this year. I planted ONE zucchini
plant...I also planted one yellow crookneck squash plant,
and one pattypan squash plant.

We have a HUGE excess of pattypan squash. The plant is
large enough to eat Cleveland - easily. It wouldn't
even burp.

It swallowed up the zucchini plant and the yellow crookneck
squash plant - they're now lost in the depths of the
pattypan squash plant. There are zucchinis and yellow
crooknecks in there somewhere, but we can't get to them.
Hehehe.

The principle's the same though: pattypan can be used for
whatever zucchini can be used for.

Pat
--
"Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of
supply and demand. It is the privilege of human beings to
live under the laws of justice and mercy." - Wendell Berry

rdoiron wrote:

Anybody else out there running out of good ideas for preparing
zucchini?

Check out the zucchini page of Kitchen Gardeners International, a new
nonprofit organization that promotes a closer connection between
people and their food: www.kitchengardeners.org/zucchini.html


A friend prepared a large zucchini by hollowing it out. Then he cooked
in a wok some minced zucchini, crab meat and lemon juice. He refilled
the hollowed out zucchini, poured lemon-butter over it and broiled it
till heated.
I prefer sausage, shallot & a bit of bread crumbs and broiling till the
provolone is melted-but that's just me.

Anybody else out there running out of good ideas for preparing
zucchini?


I steam them, broil them, stir fry them, stuff them, grill them, It's in my
hamburgers, meatballs, and meatloafs, my tuna salad and garden salads, I think
there is even zucchini in my toothpaste.
I also make good neighbors with my zucchini.
If your tired or them give them away. People will love you for it.
I thank G-d for the abundance and I think its a sin to do anything else.

Jack

On 15 Sep 2003 21:37:44 GMT, (Jack1000)
wrote:

I steam them, broil them, stir fry them, stuff them, grill them, It's in my
hamburgers, meatballs, and meatloafs, my tuna salad and garden salads, I think
there is even zucchini in my toothpaste.
I also make good neighbors with my zucchini.
If your tired or them give them away. People will love you for it.
I thank G-d for the abundance and I think its a sin to do anything else.


Our pattypan squash plant finally succeeded in entirely
swallowing up both the zucchini plant and the yellow summer
squash plant. The pattypan plant is a MONSTER!

So, we're not getting either zucchini or summer squash any
mo they're probably in there somewhere, in the depths of
the gigantic pattypan plant, but we can't get to them or
even see them.

We *are* getting dozens and dozens of pattypan squash.

My husband just returned from a trip around the
neighborhood, ringing doorbells and giving them away! This
is literally true, that's exactly what he did until he had
given them all away.

Pat

--
"Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of
supply and demand. It is the privilege of human beings to
live under the laws of justice and mercy." - Wendell Berry

(rdoiron) wrote in message . com...
Anybody else out there running out of good ideas for preparing
zucchini?

Check out the zucchini page of Kitchen Gardeners International, a new
nonprofit organization that promotes a closer connection between
people and their food: www.kitchengardeners.org/zucchini.html

Zucchini can just go crazy can't they? I heard a good tip, shred them
and then freeze them as you can then use them in lots of recipes such
as meatballs, sauces, soups or even cakes (yep, you can make chocolate
zucchini cake, or sweet or savoury zucchini breads). Also freeze
chunks for soups/stews, but this takes up room in freezer and they go
a bit mushy, but still ok.
Stuff them with just about anything, from a chili bean mix to a tuna
stuffing to the good old sausage meat/herb stuffing. Small ones are
excellent shreded or thinly sliced in salads. Try sauteeing with
garlic, butter and a bit of cream at teh end (not very "lite"). I had
kilos of them this summer and only one went bad before I used it.
Hope this helps!

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(Adrienne) wrote:

(rdoiron) wrote in message
. com...
Anybody else out there running out of good ideas for preparing
zucchini?

Check out the zucchini page of Kitchen Gardeners International, a new
nonprofit organization that promotes a closer connection between
people and their food: www.kitchengardeners.org/zucchini.html

Zucchini can just go crazy can't they? I heard a good tip, shred them
and then freeze them as you can then use them in lots of recipes such
as meatballs, sauces, soups or even cakes (yep, you can make chocolate
zucchini cake, or sweet or savoury zucchini breads). Also freeze
chunks for soups/stews, but this takes up room in freezer and they go
a bit mushy, but still ok.
Stuff them with just about anything, from a chili bean mix to a tuna
stuffing to the good old sausage meat/herb stuffing. Small ones are
excellent shreded or thinly sliced in salads. Try sauteeing with
garlic, butter and a bit of cream at teh end (not very "lite"). I had
kilos of them this summer and only one went bad before I used it.
Hope this helps!


Thanks to all the great ideas I have seen here, I have been finely
shredding a lot of my zucchinis and freezing it in one cup portions. I
measure out a cup and then dump it into english muffin pans, flattening
it for easier storage. I then freeze them and then vacuum seal them
with the Tilia. They look like thick latkes. Sunday I made an
eggplant parmesan. Into my sauce I dumped two cups of finely shredded
zucchini and my family just raved about the sauce. Amazing. I will
definitely add it to meat balls and maybe meat loaf too. Next year we
will be planting a lot more zucchini.