Archive for September 9, 2010
Grow Your Own: What On Earth…
NOTE!!!!: The “sorta-recipe” in this article relies on a frying pan with an oven-safe handle. If you don’t have one, leave a comment and we’ll give you an entirely stove-top alternative.
by John Weckerle
…do we do with all this stuff?
Any of our readers who have had success in growing summer squash – including zucchini and the classic yellow squash – have probably found themselves with a superfluity, as it were, of would-be food. We say “would-be” of course, because it’s not food until you cook it up and eat it, although we do admit that small specimens make a nice raw snack, either in salads or cut into strips with a little ranch dressing. Or balsamic vinaigrette. Or pretty much anything into which one likes to dip one’s vegetables.
Even so, gardeners do occasionally run into surpluses that surpass their capacity for dipping. There is, of course, zucchini bread, and we can speak from experience on the subject of zucchini parmigiana. Anybody who can make eggplant parmigiana can do it with zucchini. We’ll cover that at another time, because if you’re a working person who needs something quick, parmigiana is probably not the thing – but if you want a recipe, let us know. In the meantime, let’s talk frittata.