"jake" > wrote in message
. nl...
> nancree wrote:
> > Hi, Paul,
> > I think your marrows are what we call "zucchini". For a picture, go to
> > Google and click on "Images" above the box. Then type in a word
> > (Marrows, for instance) in the box, and you will get pictures.
> > There are a number of references to zuchinni on RFC. For that, type
> > "Zucchini" in the Google search box.
> > Excuse me if I explain more than is necessary. Hope that helps.
> > Regards,
> > Nancree
> >
> I bleieve marrow and zucchinni are not quite the smae, but similar. I am
> going by footage on tv which showed marrow: it was bigger and paler than
> zucchini.
>
> So I do believe marrow could be used in place of zuchhini.

There are of course differing marrow/zucchini types, but marrow/zucchini are
really the same thing - if picked young and small, they're
zucchini/courgette, but if left to grow, can get VERY large (our biggest
last year was about 10+ lb!), then they are marrow. They do actually tend to
become paler with age BTW.


Shaun aRe