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I long for a courgette/zucchini glut
I used to agree with Gilbert. Courgettes just didn’t appeal. Perhaps it was an overdose of badly cooked ratatouille back in the seventies – the new craze in the UK at the time. “It’s the French method for vegetables.” The hostess would chortle. Back then I was certain that the French would be enraged that this concoction could be claimed to be a cross channel influence. It was vile. Almost enough to put off a vegetarian from being vegetarian. A similar experience forced Gilbert to ban courgettes, along with their beefier relations...
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