[Sca-cooks] Marrow

johnna holloway johnna at sitka.engin.umich.edu
Tue Oct 9 17:36:49 PDT 2001


Yes, British vegetable marrows are part of the
marrow/zuchini group of Summer squashes or
cucurbita pepo. Alan Davidson notes that the
British have for some time taken to growing them
to extreme sizes and dimensions for contests and
exhibitions.

Johnnae llyn Lewis Johnna Holloway

Linda Peterson wrote:
> We're discussing marrow and it's use in puddings and rissoles. I think
> it's refering to bone marrow, but someone suggests squash. Can anyone
> expound on which is most likely and if the brittish vegetable marrow is
> really what we think of here as an overgrown zuchinni? Mirhaxa
   mirhaxa at morktorn.com



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