this week's harvest
the tomatoes and peppers are starting to ripen, the cucumbers are out in full force and the mutant gourd-squashes continue to multiply, but nothing is growing as fiercely as the zucchini. i’ve collected 5 in the past 4 days, each one larger than the last.
zucchini is not the most versitile vegetable. pasta, soup, bread… my ideas are running thin, and it doesn’t help that erik has a deep seated hatred for all members of the squash family. clearly there is a childhood trauma behind that story, but i’ll save that for another time. in the meantime, i think some will get frozen, some will be given away and the rest will get turned into zucchini bread, the only squash product erik has deemed acceptable.
mystery squash 
Erik said
From the time I was a baby, my days and nights were dominated by two main conflicts: those who wanted me to try their potatoes, and those who attempted to get me to eat squash by disguising it as other things. Finally at the age of 11 I ran away and moved to a tiny eskimo village north of the arctic circle, where I could exist on a simple diet of seal blubber and seal flavored ice cubes.
So, anyone want to take some squash?
ray ray said
the gentleman will have the tasting menu, except instead of any of it, he will have glass of hot water with a chicken bone and a bowl of salted ice.
mom said
Any vegetable disguised as a dessert works!
Gathmaster said
Zucchini fritters are also really good. I am sure Erik can handle it if you chop it up, mix it with spices, breadcrumbs and cheese and deep fry it. Most foods are edible at that point.