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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2011 10:09:15 GMT 1
Would you call the biggies here courgettes? French friends do!
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Post by ianh on Jul 24, 2011 10:12:50 GMT 1
Yes, in French there is no differentiation between courgettes and marrows - grand et petit peut être.
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Post by Madame Moorhen on Jul 24, 2011 12:20:37 GMT 1
I don't call the big ones marrows either. If you want marrows you buy seed for marrows - presumably a variety of courgette that is supposed to be eaten big. www.marshalls-seeds.co.uk/marrow-seeds-cid343.htmlAnyway if you are my neighbour she calls winter squash (a kind of pumpkin) courgettes  ...... however if you dare to call a citrouille (halloween pumpkin) a potiron (French word for pumpkin) she will jump down your throat and tell you NON it's not the same!  So whereas we have only 2 words for Pumpkin/winter squash they have three, citrouille, potiron and courge - and it's all interchangeable and totally dependant on the person as to which word they use e.g. I grow butternut pumpkins, not squash.  |
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Post by Ali on Jul 24, 2011 17:02:45 GMT 1
Crikes they're whoppers! Our hens would love some of those giants  |
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Post by Madame Moorhen on Jul 25, 2011 6:31:53 GMT 1
Mine don't like 'em, and they are not as good as the round ones for target practice.... I'm very vigilant with picking mine! |
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