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Steve Pope wrote:

> sueb > wrote:
>
> >On May 15, 11:37 am, "Default User" > wrote:

>
> >> Steve Pope wrote:

>
> >> > Zucchini comes in both green and yellow and is very neutral-
> >> > flavored.

>
> >> I've never seen yellow zucchini. Are you thinking of summer squash?

>
> > I don't know what he was thinking of, but yellow zucchini definitely
> > exist. I've grown them in my garden. It's much easier to see a
> > yellow zucchini than a green zucchini and so they don't have a
> > "chance" to grow to baseball bat size.

>
> I was thinking of yellow zucchini, but other types of yellow
> summer squash work equally well.


As I mentioned to Sue, I've never seen them available in the stores,
but that may vary by area.

> There is the sort of eggplant-shaped summer squash that is
> nearly always yellow, but I don't know the official name
> of that squash.


The ones I see are these:

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_summer_squash>


Generally green zucchini and these are the only summer squashes
available where I shop. I use a combination of the two in my chicken
curry.




Brian

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