Tis the season for zucchini to grow so fast that you can't comsume it fast as they are growing. The girls enjoy going out in my moms garden and picking veges, tomatoes, and chili peppers. Amelia has a good eye at what is ripe and ready to be picked....Lauren on the other hand has a knack for picking things that aren't even growing...or are already dead. My mother has been growing these Korean zuks in her garden. They are a rounder variety, with a sweeter taste. I always take some home with me whenever i am there with the girls to visit. Suprisingly, my picky eating girls can't get enough of this stuff. Usually i will slice them into discs and then throw them in a little egg wash and panko bread crumbs, and fry em up...but it kinda defeats the purpose of eating veggies...right?? or no....? The zuk that is pictured was from a neglected zucchini that was hidden in the depths of the garden... it was a massive beast by the time that amelia had found it. When we decided to make something of it after making some phallic jokes to myself...i treated it like a squash, i scraped out most of the seeds, chopped them into strips ( only b/c the girls had asked for fries with dinner.... but they didn't specify what type of fries...they were not ammused when i delightfully told them they were zucchini fries...but they gobbled them up anyways...) threw in lots of cracked pepper, a sqeeze of lemon and some zest, minced garlic and salt, and sauteed these guys in some olive oil and a little tab of butter. they are even good cold right out of the fridge!
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