sneak some zucchini onto your neighbor's porch day

ruzuzu Jennarenn, I couldn't agree more. Aren't radishes lovely? Jul 25, 2012

oroboros Zucchini and the power of suggestion. Nov 5, 2009

frogapplause zucchini weenie. Nov 4, 2009

oroboros See a picture of the zucchini weenie at frogapplause's Frog Blog. (It's in there somewhere!)

Edit: Here it is! Nov 4, 2009

dontcry Page 63. Nov 4, 2009

Prolagus Not only stuffed, dontcry! Nov 3, 2009

reesetee Are you kidding? It's great stuff! Nov 3, 2009

jennarenn See, you guys are missing the point. Zucchini is *not* good food. Nov 3, 2009

hernesheir My impression is the same for zucchini, mangoes, or whatever fresh food there is in abundance. Give it to your neighbors who want it and will use it. The rest, transform it into a form that you can keep or use later - juicing, canning, blanching/freezing - whatever.

So often we don't prepare and keep fresh food because of the labor involved, and choose to eat instead food that is not that healthful, and more expensive. Don't be lazy - when there is an abundance of fresh food, share it, or put it away for later. Then use it in good time! Nov 2, 2009

bilby Just received this email today:
"Hi Everyone,
There are 2 crates of free mangoes in the tearoom ... they are the same quality as you would buy in the store. Come and take as many as you like. Any left will be thrown out." Nov 2, 2009

jennarenn Do people thrust them upon their unsuspecting neighbors? Nov 2, 2009

bilby It's taken me this long to work out what the page was about ... cue sound of penny dropping. Seems like the local equivalent of this is mangoes. The mango season is brief but the fruit is very abundant at the peak. There are plenty of places around town where mangoes that would sell for $3 each in other parts of the country are just lying on the ground waiting for green ants and figbirds to find the booty. Oct 31, 2009

dontcry Hi-sterical! Oct 31, 2009

reesetee It reminds me of a sign we saw outside a small, rural church in Nova Scotia a few years ago: "Lock your car. It's zucchini season." :-) Oct 30, 2009

jennarenn I think that this is hilarious. As somebody who doesn't care for zucchini, I can imagine the horror of finding a basket on your porch. Why can't radishes be that prolific? So much tastier than zucchini! Oct 30, 2009

hernesheir It's a day to pimp one's spare zucchinis. Oct 30, 2009

hernesheir To paraphrase Longfellow:
"The heights which string beans reached and kept
Were not attained by sudden flight.
They, whilst the zucchinis slept,
Were toiling upwards in the night." Oct 29, 2009

hernesheir Homeless shelters and local fire stations would be willing recipients of a zucchini bounty! Oct 29, 2009

Prolagus Even more prolific than zucchini, string beans. This summer, at my sister's place we cooked them every day! Oct 29, 2009

reesetee Thanks, plethora! Sep 10, 2009