ARE these courgettes?

[goodolpete]

I got the seeds out of a courgette packet, sadly thrown away now,
but are they?

The larger one is three inches across.
Pete

[bario1]

Look more like marrows.

[Lumpy]

They could be as last week I harvested one that looked exactly the same as yours but it was much bigger, stripes and ll. I know for a fact that if you leave courgettes too long you get marrowish things.

Other than that no help here - sorry as the courgette and marrow plants look the same.

Try picking earlier so even if they are marrows you can treat them as courgettes.

[marchogaeth]

They don't look like over blown courgettes to me, especially as the small one underneath is the same shape. I would have gone for immature pumpkins but even then the small one doesn't look quite right. Pick one and eat it??

[Penellype]

Courgettes come in various shapes, sizes and colours depending on variety and how long you leave them. I grow one called Piccolo which has almost round fruits but it still a courgette, and doesn't look unlike those although the fruit are not as long. Last year one grew to nealry the size of a football.

[SusieG]

Bet that took some eating !!!!
Could do with courgette recipes to try something new with them, myself!

[Penellype]

I find courgettes make great soup. All you need is some nice stock - I use chicken but you could use vegetable stock instead. I usually start by softening an onion in butter then add any combination of courgettes with:
more courgettes
carrots
kohlrabi or turnips
broccoli
runner or french beans
tomatoes
peppers
leeks

I like blended soups, so having cooked the veg in the stock until soft, I simply whizz them in the blender until smooth and freeze in single portions so they are ready when needed. You can add a swirl of cream, but I tend to melt some well flavoured cheese into them as I heat the soup through. the courgettes give the soup a lovely creamy texture.

I haven't tried, but you could use potatoes, peas, broad beans... anything you have a glut of. Most veg freeze well after blanching, and I often freeze courgettes if I have no available stock, then defrost and make soup later. I find you can happily freeze the resulting soup.

If you are not into soup, you could try some of these interesting ideas:
Top 10 things to do with courgettes | BBC Good Food

[Yasai]

Bet that took some eating !!!!
Could do with courgette recipes to try something new with them, myself!

There's a recent thread on here called courgette recipes. I just bumped it up...