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RIP: Courgette Flowers

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posted Thursday, 31 May 2007

 

courgette flower - before we went away
My courgettes - in flower, before the tragedy

We don't have much of a garden at the moment.  We're planning "big things" for it over the winter, but frankly, I'm not sure it gets enough light to bother at the moment.  I am, however, growing a few things in tubs this year.  My herbs are doing OK, the broad beans are full of flower (with no sign of a pod yet) and the courgettes were doing fine.

 

Note the past tense.

We came home from a few days away in Scotland [congratulations to James & Jacqui!] to find my courgette flowers had been blown off the plants in the unseasonal weather.  Tragedy.  No flowers means no courgettes.  More to the point, it means no stuffed courgette flowers!

So what was going to be a pedestrian week-night dinner (mushrooms, cream, pasta) was topped with the salvaged, tiny courgette flowers, dipped in batter and quickly fried.

Hopefully, the plants will come back with bigger, stronger flowers now?? 

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comments (3)


1. Toni-anne left...
Thursday, 31 May 2007 9:41 am

They should come back, they are resilient plants and it's quite usual to lose the first flowers.


2. Cottage Smallhol;der left...
Friday, 1 June 2007 8:58 am :: http://www.cottagesmallholder.com

Yes, I agree they should come back. I have just planted more courgette seed - four plants were eaten by slugs as I forgot to put milk traps nearby.

What do courgette flowers taste like?


3. Richard Leader left...
Monday, 4 June 2007 9:39 am :: http://superfood.blog-city.com/

Thanks for the comments. I'm hoping the flowers do come back... we'll see!

Re taste: Courgette flowers have a very subtle taste - very slightly 'courgettey' I guess. When I've got some bigger ones, I'm going to stuff them with risotto...


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