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Zucchini
Zucchini is a very popular and versatile summer squash. It can be fried, boiled, baked, grilled, and broiled, and its many uses include breads, cakes, and casseroles.
298 Questions
Substitute for grated zucchini?
In baking, I have replaced grated zucchini with grated carrots, applesauce, or pineapple.
Blanch the zucchini (immerse in boiling water for 3 minutes then remove and plunge into a bowl of ice water until cool), after removing from the ice water transfer zucchini to a colander to drain. Pack loosely in freezer bags, lay flat in freezer, and freeze.
Does a zucchini grow underground?
The Cucumber plant grows in the ground but the fruit grows on the stems.
How much does a zucchini weight?
If you mean what is the world record, then the longest was 69 and a half inches in length. The record weight is 65 pounds.
Most varieties will grow to an amazing size if left, although they are mostly only good for stuffing at that stage.
Should you measure zucchini in a liquid measuring cup or scale?
First you have to determine how much the cup weighs without the vegetables. Then you weigh it with the vegetables and subtract the weight of the cup.
How do you grow zucchini vertically?
They will creep upwards, as a vine. Just keep an eye on them and fix them gently to a nearby tree or frame if it seems necessary. They'll head upwards for the sun. I have pumpkins, planted by passing birds, which simply crawl up trees growing where the vines have to climb to reach the sunlight. They do this without any help from me, and against all probability produce huge heavy fruit which doesn't fall to the ground under its own weight. If it works for pumpkins, it has to work for zucchini. People have told me creeping plants prefer to do their own thing rather than be tied to a frame. I cannot vouch for this, but I do know our pumpkins are the biggest and heaviest I've seen. So if you have trees with trunks out of the sun, plant the zucchini at their base and the vine should head on up.
How long is zucchini bread good for?
This depends on temperature and humidity of your area. Left in the bread box wrapped in plastic about 3 to 5 days. Refrigerated about 7 to 10 days and frozen, several weeks.
Can you plant cantaloupe by zucchini?
Yes, you can plant cantaloupe by cucumbers.
They do NOT cross-pollinate as they are different species. Only species fof the same species or closely related species may cross. Non-species crosses are extremely rare and usually sterile.
Cukes and pickles cross with each other. Cukes do not cross with melons, canteloupe, honeydew, guords, squash or pumpkins.
Canteloupe and honeydew can cross.
Pollination doesn't affect the fruit of a plant because the genetics of fruit production is set in the plant which is grown from the seed of the previous year. Cross-pollination within species would affect the fruit of the seeds in the subsequent year. In other words, rogue pollination of your cukes by your neighbors nasty pickles would not affect you current year crop of cukes, but you wouldn't want to save and plant those seeds expecting the same variety as you will have a hybrid which may or may not even be similar in taste.
How far apart do you plant zucchini?
like far away man, but close too, but only close enough to be far enough away from each other
Can you use zucchini bread recipe for muffins?
Actually, Italian squash is zucchini. Just another fancy name. :) I was confused too, because the organic ones at the store are tiny and seem to be different from zucchini. They aren't though.
Where can you purchase zucchini flowers in south Florida?
== == Zucchini flowers come from the plant. They are also know as squash blossoms and are used in cooking.
I havn't heard of any horse liking them but i am sure some have got to.
Are green squash the same as zucchini?
Zucchini are a type of squash, specifically listed as being a type of summer squash. It will taste different from the other squashes out there, though. Zucchinis have also been called Italian squash and just for an fyi (the name is French, it seems) courgette.
How many calories in zucchini pie?
In uncooked zucchini (also known as courgette) including the skin, there are:
- approx 72 calories as an average in one pound of zucchini.
This works out at 4 to 5 calories per ounce.
The cells in the zucchini shrink because they lose their water
its green and long and it could be yellow and it's wide:)
How many zucchini equals 1 cup shredded?
zucchini come in many sizes so this is unknowable -- however 1.5 average-sized zucchinis are probably about 1 cup after shredding
Cucurbita pepo Origin Italy, 19th century (?)
Zucchini (pronounced /zuËˈkiËni/ in North American and Australian English) or courgette (/kÊŠÇrˈʒɛt/ or [kÉ”Ëˈʒɛt] in New Zealand, South African, and British English or French) is a small summer squash. Along with some other squashes, it belongs to the species Cucurbita pepo. The zucchini can be yellow, green or light green, and generally has a similar shape to a ridged cucumber, though a few cultivars are available that produce round or bottle-shaped fruit.
In a culinary context, zucchini is treated as a vegetable, which means it is usually cooked and presented as a savory dish or accompaniment. Botanically, however, the zucchini is an immature fruit, being the swollen ovary of the female zucchini flower.
Contents[hide]- 1 Flower
- 2 History and etymology
- 3 Cooking
- 4 Nutrition
- 5 Cultivation
- 6 References
Inside a Zucchini flower
New Zucchini Fruit
The female flower is a golden blossom on the end of each emergent zucchini. The male flower grows directly on the stem of the zucchini plant in the leaf axils (where leaf petiole meets stem), on a long stalk, and is slightly smaller than the female. Both flowers are edible, and are often used to dress a meal or garnish the cooked fruit.
Firm and fresh blossoms that are only slightly open are cooked to be eaten, with pistils removed from female flowers, and stamens removed from male flowers. The stem on the flowers can be retained as a
