In article >, "SCUBApix"
> wrote:

> I have a magazine-like cookbook of mediteranean recipes ('taste of
> Greece'
> by Joanna Farrow and Jacqueline Clarke) and it uses names for some
> ingredients that I just don't know what the American counterpart is. In
> one
> recipe is calls for 1 large aubergine, which I know is egg plant, and 2
> large courgettes. What are courgettes? Help!
>
> --
> Take Care,
> Jack

Hi, Jack (waving) --
<http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=define%3A+courgette>

cour·gette n
U.K. a kind of small vegetable marrow that is eaten cooked or sometimes
raw in salads.
See also zucchini

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And what the heck happened to the Epicurious.com dictionary? It's not
there anymore.
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