I know here in the US courgettes are commonly called zucchini, but what do you folks consider summer squash to be? When people talk about yellow courgettes, that's what I think of.
For either summer squash or zucchini, I like to halve them, cut a criss-cross pattern down the exposed side, then salt and let sit for ten minutes. Baste with a balsamic glaze and grill, re-basting every time you flip it over.
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For me, summer squash are the ones that grow and ripen quite quickly and don't store well for use in autumn and winter so courgette/zucchini, Patty Pan etc
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Have a look on the BBC Food and Good Food sites @Fairygirl. Plenty of recipes to try if you put courgette in the search box.
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I don't often grow squash/pumpkin/courgette etc, but I'd have thought those summer ones would be the patty pan types too- I think @Dovefromabove grows, or has grown, those. Aren't yellow courgettes just that - yellow courgettes? Good point about the storage of them though. I've never really thought about it - every day's a school day
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Yes summer squash are the ones that @Fairygirl describes … the ones that have a skin that doesn’t garden do they don’t store and need to be eaten fresh … courgettes/zucchini, marrows, pattypans etc.
Winter squash are the ones that mature on the vine, with the skin hardening and the stem drying and sort of ‘sealing’ it so they will store indoors well into the winter.
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My favourite recipe is to sauté the sliced courgettes in olive oil and add chopped marjoram and garlic half way through, being careful not to let the garlic overcook. Add a little ham or bacon for the meat eaters. Yummy.
As an aside: I'm growing yellow courgettes this year and notice that they don't keep as well as green ones.
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Mine are in containers @*Astrantia*, but I think I was lucky with the variety and with getting them outside at the right time. They had slow release food on planting [mostly soil] and just watering since then if needed. The containers are just plastic storage boxes - I used them for my tomatoes in the past. They're about 25 litres in volume. Approx fifteen inches long, and about 12 in width and 9 or 20 in height.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I don't grow courgettes (OH doesn't like them) but reading these delicious sounding recipes, I'm hungry and am yearning for some- and it's only 7.30 in the morning!
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I don't often grow squash/pumpkin/courgette etc, but I'd have thought those summer ones would be the patty pan types too- I think @Dovefromabove grows, or has grown, those.
Aren't yellow courgettes just that - yellow courgettes?
Good point about the storage of them though. I've never really thought about it - every day's a school day
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
As an aside: I'm growing yellow courgettes this year and notice that they don't keep as well as green ones.
The containers are just plastic storage boxes - I used them for my tomatoes in the past. They're about 25 litres in volume. Approx fifteen inches long, and about 12 in width and 9 or 20 in height.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...