Zucchini
Cucurbita pepo · Fruit vegetable
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A slender summer squash picked young, while its skin is thin and its seeds barely formed. Mild and grassy with a cool, cucumber-like note, it soaks up oil, salt and char on the grill or in the pan.
Picking a good onedrag
Glossy and firmSoft and weeping
Shop freshBuy itPick firm, glossy ones under about 20 cm; bigger ones run to seed. Grill, sauté or fry fritters.
SkinBright sheen, no pale patch
SqueezeFirm, heavy for its size
Stem endDry clean scar, not shrunk
SmellAlmost nothing at all
What you get from one
95%
Edible part
196 g · ends off
206 g
Weight each
each one
Keeping ittap a temperature
Below 5 C the skin pits; the damage may show only once warm. Use it within a week.
95%
Humidity
Vented, not sealed
Airflow