I didn’t know what the they where but somebody gave me some and I just peeled it, cut it up and steamed it, but you could totally throw this into all sorts of casseroles, soups, roasts or hangi it’s really nice! Not too strong of a flavour kind of like a potato with a celery-like tinge, 10/10 will have more often 😂
Update: apparently they turn to mush if you roast them
I started 6 pots for the courgettes, 2 seeds per pot; and pulled the weakest out. Then I gave away 3 of the seedlings and planted the other 3, trying to balance the level of growth so they would hopefully stagger harvest.
In the end the strongest seedling produced the most courgettes by a long way, the middle seedling produced very little - possibly because I planted them in order so it was crowded out by the others maybe; but the smallest one did live up to the plan of having a longer running harvest rather than just a huge glut of them.
We did end up with more courgettes than we could eat, but that partly comes down to not picking them early & small enough when they tasted a lot better. I made many chocolate-zucchini cakes which was one way to get rid of the excess, and gave away what I could.
There’s a local app for gardening & sharing called Magic Beans - that’s an option for trading excess produce, and having a different kind of courgette/zucchini to share would probably be a help i’d guess (not actually tried it!). It was in beta for ages so hasn’t got a huge population, but I think just launched - pity its not Fedi :) https://www.magicbeansapp.com/
I grew courgette for the first time last year, one plant and it gave us more than we needed. Just managed to stay on top of them with I getting sick of them.
Thanks for the link to that app. I’ll check it out, though my garden is empty at the moment.