A fun comparison to the grey zucchini we had from Otter Oaks in the last share. These are a much darker green and way bigger — though not as big as the ones neighbors dump off on front steps across the Midwest, and that’s a good thing. The larger zucchini get, the stringier they become. These are the perfect in between. I have visions of these zucchini sautéed with some pickled cherry tomatoes and carrot-top pesto, all on top of a thick slice of bread.
Generally, I would refer to all thin skinned squashes as summer squash (zucchini, yellow squash, patty pan, etc.). This one is called Grey Zucchini because of the more muted green color with some speckling. Jarvi let me know that the particular seed variety they planted was called Mexicana. There’s a fun variety of sizes, with the smaller ones being absolutely adorable and would be served well cooking whole or simply halved.
These were a bit of a surprise in the shares today. They weren’t on the initial list from Nichols. But I’d call it a happy surprise. As the rest of the share start to look much more like fall, I’ll take these as a little last bit of summer.
