Home again, home again

[nmg]

Back from the monster tour of England and Scotland (Southampton to Windermere and back, via Dunblane), and it turns out that we had monster produce waiting for us (alisdairo - did I forget to tell you to help yourself?):

That's 7.26 kg of courgette (1st2lb in old money). I had to get the bathroom scales to find that out!

Comments

[nmg.livejournal.com]

Any suggestions for what to do with it? Marrow chutney seems the best bet, but we've still got a fair amount of that left from last year.

[marypcb.livejournal.com]

grating, pressing dry and using for fritters, in carrot-style cake and in bread are the usual answers for surplus courgette. simmer with olive oil and garlic and tomato and freeze in vats!

[nmg.livejournal.com]

I suspect that this one is likely to be bitter and/or watery.

The most common advice I've seen has been to consign it to the compost bin (though marrow rum runs a close second).

[marypcb.livejournal.com]

that sounds like a real... waste of rum ;-)

[nmg.livejournal.com]

No, the marrow makes the rum - hollow it out, fill it with demerara sugar and leave it in a warm place for a few weeks.

[nmg.livejournal.com]

Uh, a flood of fetid sugar syrup in a warm place? I'm thankful that we don't have an airing cupboard, because that reduces the temptation...

[nmg.livejournal.com]

Probably not warm enough.