Anyone ever grown Summer Ball?

I did some this year to try. They're supposed to be a hybrid between courgettes and pumpkins. The plants look like courgettes but the fruit are bright yellow balls. They're very pretty to look at and I'm now dying to know what they taste like. According to the packet, you can eat them small like courgettes or let them grow big like pumpkins. What I'd like to know is how small should I cut them if I want to eat them like courgettes? I've got 2 or 3 that are already tennis ball size. Is that the right size or should I let them grow a little more?

I'm growing them right now - 2 plants.

They are yummy.  We've been cutting them as 2 - 3 inch diameter fruits.  My 7 year old just loves courgettes and she's been claiming the rights to these ones...

I will let a couple of them mature to summer squashes to see what we end up with.

I've been cooking the small fruits whole, not for too long.  Also work well quartered and steamed.  Luvverly with some butter 

Have you tried frying them in butter? My favourite ways for eating courgettes are either sliced and fried in butter or stuffing them when they're a bit bigger. Not quite sure how on earth you'd stuff these when they're cylindrical. I mean, even cut in half, how the heck could you make one stay still long enough on the baking tray? They'd roll all over the place

I think frying Summer Ball would be difficult unless you sliced them 
Ihave been steaming or lightly boiling and then serving them with butter. Works really well.

My fave way for normal courgettes is frying in olive oil.  Had some with sauteed potatoes last night, yummy.
 

I just tried one raw and they're delicious! Like a cross between a cucumber and a melon, lovely and refreshing. They'd be perfect raw in a salad.

And I just tried them sauteed in butter and delicious that way too. I like them better than normal courgettes. Just as well, cos I've got 3 plants and they seem to be working their way up to an enormous crop. I just need to figure out a way to stop them rolling them around so I can cut them in half and stuff them too .... any suggestions?

Stand them in a fairy cake/bun tin 

Decided not too - after all, if it rains its bound to ruin the frocks & tuxedos as they're nearly always dry clean.  Also the tiaras might gather dirt and be all tarnished.










sorry I'll get me coat 

Eli xx

I just tried one raw and they're delicious! Like a cross between a cucumber and a melon, lovely and refreshing. They'd be perfect raw in a salad.

And I just tried them sauteed in butter and delicious that way too. I like them better than normal courgettes. Just as well, cos I've got 3 plants and they seem to be working their way up to an enormous crop. I just need to figure out a way to stop them rolling them around so I can cut them in half and stuff them too .... any suggestions?

Just take a thin slice off the side you want to rest on the baking tray (just enough to stop it rolling around; how much depends on how steady your hands are!)