Okay. That last post about the zucchini recipe? That was the very last shred of my zucchini denial. The truth is, I’m totally over it. Zucchinied out. We have eaten so much goddamn zucchini from the garden in the last few weeks that I want to hurl at the thought of it. But it’s there in the garden, and it’s free, and we’re on this budget, so…
And then Tuesday night we had a big rain storm, and in the morning we had sun. In the afternoon, I harvested those beasts you see in the photo. No, I hadn’t delayed the harvest too long because I couldn’t bear facing the zucchini plant. Those are not old, overgrown, leathery squash. Those were the size of my finger on Monday, I swear. So now I’ve got three ginormous zucchuni (plus one modest one) in the fridge, and about eight more coming in close on their heels on the plants. (Why do I have two zucchini plants this year? Because we love zucchini. Heh.)
I’m going to freeze a lot of it, for sure. I’ll be very glad to have zucchini from our garden come winter. But we still need to eat a good deal of it now, and for however many more weeks zucchini season drags on.
Which is to say: Recipes, please! For the love of squash, people. I need some new ideas! What the hell do YOU do with zucchini?
