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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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I know they're grown on allotments and entered into village fete competitions, and as such are a quintessentially English vegetable, but who eats them? I've never seen a recipe that calls for marrow. Is it served hot or cold? Whole, sliced or diced?
I suspect they are quietly binned at the end of the Harvest Festival.
(, Fri 7 May 2010, 11:22, 4 replies, latest was 16 years ago)
Then Hugh Fearbly-Whittstall makes soup
(, Fri 7 May 2010, 11:31, Reply)
and then make stuffed marrows. Fucking disgusting.
(, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:03, Reply)
when i can find them. Sliced and boiled, pretty bland, but it reminds me of my childhood. It's just a big courgette at the end of the day, and so could be used for much the same things if you wanted.
Edit to add:
the internet quoth "These days, commercial growers have standardized their terminology relating to courgettes, zucchinis and marrows:
Courgettes are the baby fruit of several types of marrow, harvested when they are 14 x 4 cm long, the size of a cigar.
Zucchinis are the fruits of the same plant harvested when they are 15 to 20 cm long.
Marrows are the semi-mature fruits which have reached full size. "
(, Fri 7 May 2010, 14:02, Reply)
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