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You can split the zucchini into two halves and carve the insides, then use them together with garlic, onions, sieved tomatoes and some feta cheese to make a nice filling. Add some salt, pepper and spices to your liking (I like to add some balsamic vinegar for some extra sourness and sweetness). Put the filling back into the carved zucchini halves and bake in the oven for a nice meal.
For me this has been the most efficient way to decimate zucchini supplies. -
Too many veggies -- leave them rot. Either where they grow or in the compost box.
Grapes -- same story,. Birds leaving in autumn will happily consume the excess.
Or hang a sign on your fence: "FOR SALE: excessive veggies and berries", or search for peeps/companies buying them. Or sell on fb groups..
I no longer about rotting my veggies. It's my contribution to the soil I'm using to feed myself. As for the smell and flies -- compost boxes are great -
@donkulator zucchini to bacon converter
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@jestdotty reminds me... i havent taken a pic of my completed (for now) flower beds\landscape...
only the stuff close to the house is pic worthy right now... mainly cuz i did (well, planned, purchased, then someone i found on craigslist for the actual labour... but i am handicapped) a bunch in my front yard... previous owners had put in what i can only describe as "island of hell"... turns out i had a pic of it from the back... glad its gone
i had it demolished and put in legit plants... got some flowering cherry trees and stuff too. damn japanese beetles ate the majority of my fruit trees -.- ...tbh if they didn't id have a 'wtf do i do with hundreds of plums' issue too. basically have an orchard of variety.
i finally got all my mulch in finally (black rubber), little blue and green glow-in-the-dark pebbles(way better than solar lights), 300lb dragon statue, other side has a 5ft wizard. some gnomes too ofc
my goal is to be that house kids dare each other to approach
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@TheSilent thx for the genuine response... already do something similar... im not big on tomato chunks.... these are waaay to big for a meal... even a meal for 4, maybe 6.
if im being lazy ill slice up some and quickly saute with a couple drips of olive oil, add some spices and put a tiny bit of fresh, thinly shredded Parmesan.
the thing you suggested...minus tomatoes (or i chop them super small) plus ground lamb(polish-esq seasoning), beef(teriyaki or kinda like taco seasoning... lots of cumin and tumeric though) or bits of extra firm tofu marinated (in basically a fancy balsamic vinegar) -
@awesomeest I know you are lazy... But maybe harvest the zucchini faster ? You don't need to grow them that big. The size of a cucumber is fine. (and you can pickle them)
Maybe try to reduce the plants every year. They multiply like hell if you don't look after them. -
@TheSilent
just so you fully comprehend what im dealing with... this wasnt even ⅓ through the one in pic... so nowhere near the widest part.
it's a reject slice.... slightly too thick on one side; im remarkably ocd, yet skilled, at things like slicing produce with precision, esp if you consider the size, round-ness and ofc that only 1 functional hand... also the use of most types of blades.
boomie (doggo) will be getting it shortly, JSON(little tortoise) has already had too much zucchini this week.
standard size post-its and pilot g-2 05 are included for reference.
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@TeachMeCode dude... want me to ship u some zucchini bread?
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@netikras leaving them to rot would be problematic... even if keeping the doggo away, id end up with issues w\critters. i live in the middle of a corn field... they grow like feeder corn so they let it dry out before collecting... which means field mice enjoy low\ground corn... then search for the quickest new place ... then try sneaking in for winter.
there's a main road (goes from main to smaller\less cars right where i am) in front, other 3 sides are acres of corn. but im 2-3 miles away from chain grocery store, busy interstate exit(with lots of restaurants, gas, etc) then a big outlet mall and im 5min from a town literally made for tourists, frankenmuth.
i don't have a fence and selling stuff is waaaay too much effort, also would technically waste money due to time
birds over by the grapevines o.O nty
i don't need bird crap on my A\C unit or electric\internet hookup.... also thats close to my vent for the a\c i installed in my garage. evicting birds-- not fun.
thx for trying -
@Lensflare i need to fix my microwave... been really sick the past several months, but tbh idk if i wouldnt have procrastinated anyways... expensive part -.-
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@Grumm
umm.. im in Michigan, they don't last. technically its only 1 plant. harvesting sooner.... thats a toss up between health\handicap and needing to catch up in use first
not a picke fan... also that's way more work and where tf would i put all those jars? -
@Grumm
wait.... what plants are u saying "multiply"??? .... cuz im pretty sure zucchini and watermelon are both annuals and grape vines grow like hell but tend to take awhile from seed, especially the fancy ones. -
@awesomeest I mean, if you don't harvest them all, the seeds will give you new plants.
Not sure what you mean by health/handicap. But if you harvest them between 6 to 8 inches, they are good to go. Yours are bigger than that it seems. So more seeds and all. (I don't like it when they have big seeds) -
@Grumm do you know, roughly speaking, where michigan is?
the VAST majority of seeds, especially fresh, moist ones... don't tolerate being frozen and thawed many times a month... sometimes several times a day here...
what planet, and multiverse, are you from?
but seriously now im curious, whats your general locale? -
@awesomeest looks like devRant did crazy things to that picture. I eat quite a lot so I often overestimate what others would eat. I can hammer down on quite a large zucchini using the halve and fill technique with some rice on the side :D
The other advice would be to harvest the zucchini early. It standard to harvest them before they ripen, usually around 100-300g. If you let them fully ripen they can reach 5kg and have a wood like interior. They will last longer and can be kept for winter. -
@awesomeest I know that it is somewhere in USA... But in south France, if you don't keep it up, you end with a lot of seeds all over the place. (birds love these)
So one plant can become multiple ones in places you don't expect them. (or were they pumkins ?)
But good for you if you don't have this problem. -
@tosensei you take that back right now!!
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@Lensflare never. zucchini are boring.
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@awesomeest I think you need to fix up your house to not have backdoors for rodents 😁
a compost box is prolly the best way to deal with organic waste.
P.S. I remember last time I had crazy amounts of zucchini, I came up with this rather tasty snack. I like burned caramel, so I ate >10 zucches this way 😁
- slice 'em up
- dunk them in a frying pan with some olive oil
- add a tsp of honey
- cook until zucches turn brownish or until honey is burned to the bitterness you like
- [MUST] add some ground peper, a tiny dash of salt
- enjoy
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@netikras the symmetric arrangement in the pan is satisfying
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Or grill them. I use a marinade with some soya, honey (I have excessive ~50-100 kg of honey every year, so I use it wherever I can :D ), garlic, olive oil, salt, pepper, and lemon juice. Slice zucchini up, and marinade for half a day in the sun and grill 'em. You can accompany them with some shrooms, paprikas, eggplants, corns, etc. in the marinade bucket. It's my favourite meal every grill season :)
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@chatgpt Please, make your own version of meaning of live. Tell me how you would see this from your point of view.
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@chatgpt fun fact, chatgpt is not able to introspect the spelling of words because of how it works with integer tokens. Prove it by telling me how many "r"s the word strawberry has.
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@chatgpt please make a hypothetical world where Italians discovered America and migrated to Canada. Use this in any of this conversation about zucchinis.
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@Grumm pumpkins and acorn squash tend to come back from seeds if u leave an intact one out over the winter
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@tosensei
zucchini is boring... so is anything sustainable and worthwhile. If you wont figure out how to make it non-boring, that's ok u not the produce.
seriously, look at carrots or potatoes.... who was the crazy pioneer who thought "this stuff on top isn't really edible, but these are some weird af roots!... maybe i should eat them... hmm both are hard and the lumpy round-ish one tastes like crap then slowly spews out a milky white sticky substance that also tastes bad... I KNOW! let's cook 'em then eat them!'
ofc nowadays most things are easily identifiable and you can run basic tests quickly to see if its poison or a 'gift' from nature.... (yea, i had to)
but think of all the crazy yet bold humans that came before you.... i bet tons of them died eating random stuff. you can at least be creative -
@netikras pretty sure thats summer squash (yellow outside) not zucchini.
its not like i have holes all over, leave food out or something. i just live in the middle of a corn field.
compost bin is too much work... maybe if my health keeps improving. that said, i bet itd attract critters as well -
@awesomeest or brewing beer
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@awesomeest look at beans.. whoever thought of "that stuff poisoned my buddy when he ate it... but... what if i just boiled those poisonous little shits long enough?"
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@tosensei Were they also called 'scientists' back in the day ?
Just testing stuff out, raw, boiled, grilled... -
@Grumm he has a point: It’s really weird to imagine that you would try to boil something that you know is deadly, and then try if it’s not deadly anymore.
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@Lensflare Yes, I know he as a point. I am also wondering who and why came up with most of this stuff.
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@Grumm Guy observing a chicken laying an egg: "You know what, I‘ll just take that weird round thing and eat the insides."
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@Lensflare Ok, but did they first try to eat the shell too first ? Or did they observe some kind of animal first and copy that behavior ?
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@Grumm I don‘t know, I wasn‘t there :)
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@Lensflare (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
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@jestdotty I always smell the eggs when I brake them.
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@jestdotty my point is that I think (not an expert) that if the smell makes you hungry, then it‘s because you already know that it is edible, because you smelled and ate it before.
If you would smell something new, you wouldn‘t know.
I’d argue that if you never smelled a flower or perfume before, you could very well assume that it’s edible, from the smell alone. -
@Lensflare How would you explain that people eat fermented sardines that smell like hell ?
I only eat stuff that doesn't smell like rotten eggs :D -
@Grumm I don’t know 😂
I guess it’s human nature to try weird shit. -
Kiviak.
Several hundred small birds, c/w feathers and beaks, stuffed into a dead seal and left to go rancid for 7 months.
Eaten on special occasions, apparently. "Happy birthday, Keith! Hey, I found this up a seal, bon appetit!"
Someone has made a plush toy of it, naturally: https://reddit.com/r/196/... -
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@jestdotty yeah, I guess. Not sure what your point is and if you are agreeing or disagreeing.
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@Grumm @tosensei
this is old... in my defense, i was critically ill in a very abnormal way that has apparently been slowly leveling up via battles with my immune system til it eventually started to win... so basically like any training montage.
As a kid I often considered 'what possibly suicidal daredevils\dumbasses, finding things they never saw and deciding eating them was a wise idea?'
My mind tends to keep mulling things over indefinitely regardless of importance. til the whole truth, it'd keep going:
1st-no one would know poison til a few understandably ignorant people per group died.
2nd- i assume some children ignored warnings giving more evidence.
3rd- the sugar-coated "Thanksgiving" story seemed off so i checked more reliable sources. Concluding Pilgrims, aggressive and ignorant likely learned from natives, trying to id poison arrow tech or noticing they paid attention to what killed animals
overall, i think itd have just been another testament to Darwin's theory. -
oh... also, though im not saying i dont appreciate the sacrificed morons of this pursuit...
The still baffling thing imo:
ofc people would've quickly, and less casualties, realised that when food sat out for too long, smelled totally different and pungently putrid, eating it was a bad, harmful, idea... (though much later in history, a good chunk of white people did believe that flies were created\born purely of rancid raw meat)
but who decided that knowing rotting food caused more intense, life-threatening, illness the longer it was left rotting... but hey, when the fumes produced by rotten produce got to the point of a literal burning aroma, that even increased the power of fire, and was now nearly totally liquidfied and bubbling gases, dropping insects from the sky and dissolving their exoskeletons... NOW it would be a safe, wise, idea to consume it?? -
@awesomeest guess those who made cheese did not follow that rule... "damn that cheese stinks like hell, let's use that"
We made a Tetris cake 😁
And my spaguetti code a la parmessana is ready
How much zucchini is too much zucchini?
I know I have WAY too much...
I knew at least when 1st considering D20 zucchini breads.
then when i began to wonder if the remaining batter would work with my death star waffle iron...ill know tomorrow!
....ran out of typical pans, incl foil ones(normal and mini for easy gifting)
- gave 1 away (similar sized as in pic)
- approx. 2 lg zucchini bread loaves in fridge (gave away 2, ate a ½)
- cut up\froze enough onions\peppers\pak choi to a min. acceptable zucchini : everything else stir fry ratio... x20 servings
- similarly, green onions, pak choi, marinated sesame fried tofu bits, zucchini and miso (quick miso soup) x16
- thinly sliced enough to layer it into ~20 lg servings of lasagna.
... zucchini in pic is slightly larger than the one that made the many aforementioned and pictured loaves of zucchini bread
apparently, in a week tops, I'm gonna have at least another 3 more THAT size needing to be picked
anyone in the continental US want some zucchini bread? or, if in michigan, zucchinis?
i didnt even plant much... actually only about ½ of other years.
i am also having some serious overflows coming of (at least) grapes and watermelons.
grapes...
when i bought this place, this odd, square, surrounded by cement walkways, area, with an increasingly problematic tree (risking cable\electric lines, foundation, etc) and so dense with weeds that I learned, dandelions have a giant, bush-like form, with heights beyond 8ft tall.
i grew up hanging out in the nearby woods, noticing that weeds lost the fight vs raspberry\blackberry plants. being handicapped\lazy\experimental, w\ev, i figured id just kill it all then fill it with random berries... knew nothing about grapes so just got 4+ random types... apparently they are all fancy\expensive grapes... and reeeeeaally produce. i already had to pick ~10lbs.
watermelons-
idr if i planted normal ones and little ones or just little ones... idk how to tell without cutting them open or maybe just watching a long time to see if they stopped growing?
anyone with advice (or seeking watermelons) is welcome.
assuming (hoping) they are mini ones there's at least 2dz that are at least ping pong ball size.... and around 100 little yellow flowers still.
i totally get that my frustrating problem with produce here would be beyond welcomed by most people... but seriously... wtf do i do with a few dozen to over a hundred (hopefully mini) watermelons, so many zucchini that, despite personal daily consumption and at least a half dozen friends that love zucchini bread and\or my secretly healthy lasagna(my friends tend to be guys), but have their limits capping out, plus mine, at less than ½ whats rapidly being produced and, apparently, thousands of dollars worth of hundreds of pounds of fancy grapes???
there's an interesting old lady across the street who'll take at least what her and husband can possibly consume,.. even makes grape jam, but thats still only a few dz lbs tops.
it seems wrong to kill the plants (or even to remove a large amount of blossoms and feed them all to JSON (lil tortoise)... pretty sure he's already getting tired of them just from the few that fell off in the wind or something.
i wish i knew some farmers that do farmers market things... but that kinda seems super suspicious... 'hey mr farmer... want a large supply of expensive grapes, watermelon and zucchini, for free? you can sell them to random people, or just give them away. i dont want money or anything...' idk... seems like the beginning of one of those movies that either has evil alien plants assimilating all land mammals, or where there's some crazed medical researcher convinced that there's a massive, underrated threat without enough attention for vaccination production funds-- so they are gonna release some deadly virus supposedly to save the world.
ive been cooking too long.
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