Sacha wrote in message .uk...
martin3/5/04 10:05
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and battered marrow flowers? Some Italians grow marrows only for their
flowers.

I think that's one of my favourite Italian dishes - IIRC, they're stuffed
with ricotta cheese and then fried.

like this
http://starchefs.com/RDonna/html/recipe_01.shtml

or unstuffed like this

http://www.cookingwithpatty.com/reci...iniFlowers.php

Those have gone into the recipe file, thank you! Though the second one gave
me a frisson d'horreur in advocating the use of peanut oil instead of olive
oil!

Hey, don't be hidebound! Different oils are good fun. I prefer not use
olive all the time, as it's such a dominant flavour.

Mike.