[mellowmick]

Had an insomniac night last night, but as a result saw an ancient french cookery series on BBC2. Everyone seems to be saying they have tons of courgettes, so one recipe was; shred the courgettes and blanch them in a frying pan with oil with some garlic. Then beat four eggs in a bowl, add the shredded courgette and mix, then pour everything back into the frying pan and brown on each side. Looked lovely.

[Fafafifi]

Sounds nice and easy to do!

Will try this at the weekend!

[GrannieAnnie]

Ooh, thanks Mick, was thinking of trying that one, also perhaps courgette quiche??

But I am freezing my excesses too, and gave 6 to my friend Sharon yesterday.  Tomorrow, she gets a cabbage!!!  But she isn't getting any runner beans or peas, sacrilege!!!!

[shaun]

brilliant recipe  had it last night with shallots,garlic, 1 red pepper and tomatoes  lots of black pepper and a good dollop of mayo.

[Sadgit]

I'm up for some of that.. sounds fab. Do they freeze well? I didn't think they would.

[GrannieAnnie]

Hi SG.  I don't know if they freeze well, because I've never grown them before to get a glut, but Iread in a book somewhere that most things will freeze, but of course thye wouldn't be any good for use in salads or anything raw, but even though they will thaaaw out and be wet, they should be okay in stews and things in the winter.  

Some people say you can't freeze tomatoes or eggs, but here is a girl who has done BOTH, and used them after they thawed out!!!!

[Sadgit]

Hi SG.  I don't know if they freeze well, because I've never grown them before to get a glut, but Iread in a book somewhere that most things will freeze, but of course thye wouldn't be any good for use in salads or anything raw, but even though they will thaaaw out and be wet, they should be okay in stews and things in the winter.  

Some people say you can't freeze tomatoes or eggs, but here is a girl who has done BOTH, and used them after they thawed out!!!!

Hi GA,
I always thought/read, anything with a very high water content wouldn't/doesn't feeze well as when they defrost the molecular structure is screwed because the water in them expands and destroys the molecular  structure and turns them into mush after the defrost. Unless you have a very quick feezing process, which most home freezers don't have ( yeah I loved physics/chemistry and school )

[GrannieAnnie]

Mmmmm, I know, but then people freeze strawberries, and they are quite watery too.  And you get a lot of frozen veggies, and most of them are mostly water!!

I know they won't be the same, but I'll be damned if I'm going to keep giving or throwing stuff away, when I can use it in the winter.  Being out of work at the moment, I try any ways of saving stuff or using up leftovers.  And I'm getting very good at recycling too.

OH is getting as bad.  We have just finished putting in a new bathroom for an old family riend of his Mum.  they have a council bungalow and the doors and windos have just been replaced.  We had some of the old wood for our woodburner, and OH took off the old draught strips first.  Then yesterday, he took them over to my friend's new house (150 years old!) and put them on her door.  We are trying to renovate her kitchen on a budget of zero!!!!

Anyway, sorry off topic a bit there, but we have to try these things don't we, or we don't know if they will work or not.  Like the eggs.  People say you can't freeze eggs, but one book I've got said as long as you mix the white and yolk together first, its ok.  So I tried it and defrosted, it looks weird, goes all thick and gooey, but once its cooked as an omelette or scrambled, it looked and tasted fine!!!

[John]

I put some info on freezing in an article at Allotment Foods which might help as it has a blanching table you can download and print out.
Courgettes don't really do too well but they are usable in a rissotto type dish after being frozen.
When we had tomatoes coming in faster than we could handle, I took to just putting them in bags and freezing. Not the best way, but they were OK for cooking and the skin came off easily.

[Oliveview]

Courgettes grated (About 2 large ones) I cup plain flour, 1/2 cup oil, 2-3 eggs depending on size egg 1 cup grated cheese.... mix together and  pour quite sloppy mixture nto a dish.... bake int eh oven until set. delicious hot or cold!
PAmela  (in Spain who does not have an oven to cook this )

[GrannieAnnie]

Lol, couldn't you cook it in a frying pan and pretend its a frittata???

[shaun]

there not bad on the barbi brushed with olive oil or threaded onto a skewer with chicken,onion and peppers

[Sadgit]

I made a lovely Courgette Risotto last night... Uuuhhhmm.. yum

[Debz and Jon]

We have had courgette quiche, courgette burgers, grilled courgettes, courgettes with feta, grildled courgettes, roasted courgettes - we actually look like courgettes now   Good thing is the kids have finally succumed to them (a case of having to or starve!   )

[Jake]

The wife made me take some to the pub with us. We gave away 2. Its a start.