Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[CapricornFarm]

I genuinely hate zucchini, one of the worst veggies ever. However I still grow it and still eat it. Yes on the fritters, I make squash fritters using saltines as the binder, and they amazingly taste nothing like squash.

I also started making squash casseroles that use up a massive amount of squash, like this one: https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a9141/squash-casserole-recipe-campbells-1109/ - the squash is the healthy filler in the dish, but all you taste is the other flavors.

My other uses for it: chopped into soups with other veggies, with Sopa de Albondigas being a favorite, or Kung Pao Chicken. The slightly spicy sauce helps kill the zucchini taste.

Just feed it to the animals, if I grow it. My Dad used to make me eat it and I never liked it.

 

[CapricornFarm]

At 6 months they’d probably be gone if they didn’t lay since they don’t live very long.

Actually they can live years and keep laying pretty well.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Just feed it to the animals, if I grow it. My Dad used to make me eat it and I never liked it.

If I was going to feed it to the animals, I wouldn't bother growing it. I know it's good for me (plus very abundant in the summer, and easy to grow) - I just don't like it as is. So I learned to prepare it in ways that I find tasty.

 

[featherhead007]

Just feed it to the animals, if I grow it. My Dad used to make me eat it and I never liked it.

Child abuse!

 

[featherhead007]

If I was going to feed it to the animals, I wouldn't bother growing it. I know it's good for me (plus very abundant in the summer, and easy to grow) - I just don't like it as is. So I learned to prepare it in ways that I find tasty.

Blend it and make a malt?

 

[featherhead007]

I just put BEN back in the barn/coop, and traded him in for Jaffar (the house rooster) and (alarm clock!) So I'm set for the night!

 

[SnapdragonQ]

I’m going to make zucchini corn fritters for dinner tomorrow

If you have an air fryer, zucchini cakes or fritters fry up well in those too.

 

[FortCluck]

Lol, I have been hatching every week....

Since October? I have been keeping myself busy by hatching. Didn’t take long for me to start loving breeding and creating great crosses.

 

[FortCluck]

If you have an air fryer, zucchini cakes or fritters fry up well in those too.

Not anymore. I miss it a lot. I used it so much it stopped working.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

Growing up Italian ... zucchini was not just a filler, it was a staple. Mom used to cut the big ones longways and scoop out the seeds to make long "boats." The seeds went to our budgies and hamsters. The boats got brushed with olive oil, dusted with garlic or onion powder, and baked about halfway. Mom made a standard ground beef filling, much like you'd use in stuffed peppers, mix in a handful of shredded mozzarella, and fill the center of the partially cooked zucchini boats, A little more cheese and a heavy hand with the seasoning on top, and back into the oven they went to finish baking.
Those buggers were amazing! We were supposed to wait until they cooled a bit, so the cheese would hold it all together, but they never lasted hat long. Besides, they were much more fun to eat when they were drippy-gooey!

They are only tasteless fillers for me now because we eat them soooooo much and I can't do all those cool things with cheese and other goodies anymore like I used to. (kiddo allergies)
Though I did come up with a gluten free zucchini puppy recipe. Like hush puppies but air fried and much healthier.