For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for October 02, 2019

I’m reminded of a “FoxTrot” story arc except the zucchini CAME from the Foxes’ own garden.

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Do Zucchini grow easily in the USA? They are expensive here in South Africa and apparently have to be hand-pollinated.

I grow a bushy zucchini, 2 plants and I get about 8 which is plenty. My problem is I overdid tomatoes and have been giving them out everywhere.

Easily??? They are prolific. So much so that people lock their cars when they go to church to protect themselves from predatory zucchini.

Sigh. With the right kitchen and storage space, I could do so much with all that veg and keep myself going through the winter.

A gift of zucchini is a sign that the giver is too cheap to let you have some of their really good veggies like corn and tomatoes. I, on the other hand, never grow zucchini and when I had enough tomatoes and snap beans left over would gladly give them away. But, lately now, due to global warming, the harvest has been less and less. This year there weren’t enough snap beans for my own freezing, just several nice meals. If this keeps up, the only thing worth growing will be tomatoes, which was better this year.

What are you going to do with that much zuchinni?

To many zucchini make zucchini bread.

We only plant one zucchini plant, had way too many cucumbers this year, but we made a couple batches of pickles, garlic-dill spears and regular slices.

I over planted tomatoes this year, and gave them to all my neighbors. I have decided to forgo the vegetable garden next year and put out flowers. I hope I remember my own advice next May.

If I were to grow a vegetable garden I think I would have to learn how to can. I love home canned sweet beets. Carrots out of a garden are somehow a little better than the ones from the store as well. I don’t know how, but they are.

No wonder why she does not know that John and Elly have plenty of food; she never opens her eyes!

Zucchini Bread is the best.

The only practical use for zucchini is to shred it, and freeze it in quart size bags. Then you can use it all winter for breads and cakes.

My backyard neighbors are growing “8-Ball Zucchini” and the vines run all over the place too. Anything that show up in my backyard…Well ….finders keepers! ;^)

We’ll take some! Doggone chipmunks keep eating the blossoms

I just bought some yesterday.

It could be worse, it could be kale.

But everybody on the block (at least now) has zucchini.

Zucchini bread is wonderful!

Lynn’s Comments:

I had a friend in North Bay who would take her zucchini door to door. She had so many growing in her garden that she didn’t know what to do with them. It makes me smile now when I go to the grocery store and see tiny, meek little zucchinis for quite a price. I used to get huge ones for free!

I used to leave all sorts of veg on the mailbox with a “free veg” sign. Always gone by the end of the day. This year we had an over-abundance of blueberries. I have enough frozen to last until doomsday! The Robins ate the strawberries tho. I never thought to net them like I do the blueberries.

The truly huge zukes are called “Marrow” – in addition to spiralizing them you can cook them like a winter squash – bake until a little soft, maybe a half hour or so depending on size, then cut lengthwise and hollow them out, mix the scrapings with rice, sausage (meat or vegan), a little tomato paste, some herbs, then pile it back in and bake it till its done. Maybe some cheese on top and broil for a few minutes. Cut slices. People can eat or leave the skin as they prefer.

RATATOUILLE TIME!!!

Cheap Thrills Cuisine has a Zucchini bread recipe today.

https://www.gocomics.com/cheap-thrills-cuisine/2019/10/02?ct=v&cti=1744658

I’ve often said that if you want to find someone without a friend in the world, look for someone buying zucchini in the super market.

Slice them, spritz the flesh with olive oil, sprinkle with seasonings, and grill 4 minutes per side. Then freeze them for the darkness. The farm I buy mine from also has what I call “fingerlings” – the whole zucchini is one serving; I just grill those uncut and eat them fresh as freezing and thawing fills them with water that squirts out when they’re cut.

A big zucchini sliced thin lengthwise makes good lasagna noodles. The flavor did get a bit overwhelming when I added a sauce made with shredded zucchini.

BTW, “zucchini” is Italian for “little cucumber.”

Last year, I gave away over three hundred Avocados, and was almost Guacamole’d to death my self.This year not a single blossom on the tree.Hope the neighbors wont think I have gotten stingy…That’s the way it goes….

Looks like you don’t really need one.

Make pickles.

I really like zucchini. The best part is that you can eat it plain or use it in all sorts of recipes: main dishes, veggies dishes, desserts….. If it isn’t the most versatile vegetable, it has to be near the top!

The best recipe is to take the Zucchinis stuff them with Eggplant and take the whole mess to the local landfill….And spread some Creamed Corn and Green-beans over them…Barf City….

Joan Helen: Here in the states, Zucchini grows like crazy. In fact, there is a comic strip called, Pickles, where the main characters get rid of their zucchinis by going to their neighbor’s houses in the middle of the night and leave them on the porch.