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Gad-Zukes!
Posted by: erector2 on Aug 29, 2007 - 04:34 PM |
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Swimming in zucchini yet? Discovered an anonymous basket of these large dark green fruit left on your doorstep last night? It's a shame that this fast growing gourd gets such a bad rap because when young and lightly cooked (pan-fried with some onions or shallots, then tossed with cultured butter and sea salt) it can provide a light and nutty counterpoint to many of the other big summer bumper crops. The secret when growing them is to grow ONE plant., no more than two, and harvest daily. Once the bounty swells into firewood worthy sizes (seemingly overnight), there's not much they're good for except doorstops -- even hogs have a hard time getting excited about dining on those logs. However, between tiny and too big, zucchini is a very versatile ingredient in many clever dishes: chocolate zucchini cake? Actually it's very moist with a grassy tone that mellows out the bitterness of the cocoa.
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