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I got the seeds out of a courgette packet, sadly thrown away now,
but are they?
The larger one is three inches across.
Pete
but are they?
The larger one is three inches across.
Pete
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Look more like marrows.He-Pep! -
They could be as last week I harvested one that looked exactly the same as yours but it was much bigger, stripes and ll. I know for a fact that if you leave courgettes too long you get marrowish things.
Other than that no help here - sorry as the courgette and marrow plants look the same.
Try picking earlier so even if they are marrows you can treat them as courgettes.I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Thomas A. Edison
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They don't look like over blown courgettes to me, especially as the small one underneath is the same shape. I would have gone for immature pumpkins but even then the small one doesn't look quite right. Pick one and eat it??"A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
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Courgettes come in various shapes, sizes and colours depending on variety and how long you leave them. I grow one called Piccolo which has almost round fruits but it still a courgette, and doesn't look unlike those although the fruit are not as long. Last year one grew to nealry the size of a football.A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard NimoyComment
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Bet that took some eating !!!!
Could do with courgette recipes to try something new with them, myself!~~~ Gardening is medicine that does not need
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I find courgettes make great soup. All you need is some nice stock - I use chicken but you could use vegetable stock instead. I usually start by softening an onion in butter then add any combination of courgettes with:
more courgettes
carrots
kohlrabi or turnips
broccoli
runner or french beans
tomatoes
peppers
leeks
I like blended soups, so having cooked the veg in the stock until soft, I simply whizz them in the blender until smooth and freeze in single portions so they are ready when needed. You can add a swirl of cream, but I tend to melt some well flavoured cheese into them as I heat the soup through. the courgettes give the soup a lovely creamy texture.
I haven't tried, but you could use potatoes, peas, broad beans... anything you have a glut of. Most veg freeze well after blanching, and I often freeze courgettes if I have no available stock, then defrost and make soup later. I find you can happily freeze the resulting soup.
If you are not into soup, you could try some of these interesting ideas:
Top 10 things to do with courgettes | BBC Good FoodLast edited by Penellype; 26-07-2015, 02:58 PM.A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard NimoyComment
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There's a recent thread on here called courgette recipes. I just bumped it up...Originally posted by SusieG View PostComment
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