Zucchini the size of baseball bats!

curlydoglover

We were on vacation for 5 days.  I checked the garden before we left and the zukes were, at best, 1" long.

Got back and they're the over a foot.

I grated one yesterday and turned it into 4 loaves of bread and 2 1/2 dozen muffins.

I have 3 more.

Edit: I miscounted - it made TWO and a half dozen muffins.  2 dozen regular, 1 dozen chocolate.

littlemommy1

JEALOUS!!!

I've picked one so far. I have a few baby ones out there that should be ready in a few days. Have you had any problems with those borers? I noticed yesterday parts of my plants are yellow and there are holes in the base of the stem. Any tips?! 

littlemommy1

Wow! I'm jealous! We have a few tiny ones, and have harvested one big one.

littlemommy1

ok that was weird. it didn't post my first response, so I wrote a second. Now they are both there! Sorry...

kelklump

Since my garden is at my parents farm, it takes me much longer to get out there and pick. I love small zukes, however, if it is 5 or 6 days between visits, I tend to have super huge ones. We usually only do bread out of them because they tend to be too crazy otherwise. Sounds like you will have plenty of goodies.

schoolsoutbride

You're going to need this recipe:

Zucchini pizza

Preheat oven to 375

3.5 C Zucchini. Grated with skin and with as much moisture as possible squeezed out.
3 eggs.
1/2 C Parmesan
1/2 C Mozzarella
1/2 C flour (I probably did closer to 3/4 and used whole wheat flour.)
Fresh chopped basil

Mix all of the above together and press into a 9x13 greased pan. Brush some olive oil on top and throw it under the broiler for a bit if you want to brown it up. Bake at 375 for 25 minutes.

Then throw on your favorite pizza topings and bake as usual.

mrs.rescue4

Mmmm...the perfect size to shred and freeze (for fresh zucchini bread in winter!), make faux apple pies and stuffed zucchini with!  I am so missing my zucchini this year!