What is this? Squash or Courtgette

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Ema

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What is this? Squash or Courtgette
« on: July 27, 2014, 17:04 »
I found a trailing courgette/squash plant growing in amongst my main crop spuds. Its nothing I’ve planted and that part of the plot has never had squashes or courgettes on it before. I can only think the mice/rats left the seed there.

Low and behold the plant had its first fruit last week…






Is it a known variety or some weird cross?

Very bright yellow in colour, not like the round yellow courgettes. One end is a little green and streaky with a pattypan green coloured nubbin where the flour was.
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compostqueen

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Re: What is this? Squash or Courtgette
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2014, 18:06 »
It looks like an unripe squash to me. It could be Delicata or a banana squash. Definitely edible!  :tongue2: It could be a veg spagetti  :unsure:

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Re: What is this? Squash or Courtgette
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2014, 18:36 »
I should say I have already eaten this guy raw in a salas - my partner prepared it so I never saw what the inside looked like. It was like a courgette or summer squash had very little flavour

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Re: What is this? Squash or Courtgette
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2014, 22:56 »
The Delicata has very little flavour so does need help  :D  They do absorb flavours readily though which is a good thing as courgettes and squashes are so easy to grow and so prolific and so form the basis for many cheap meals. 


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