Can you name this veggie?

Once again, my brother's garden has outdone itself. While everyone else is gazing at their green tomato nubs and blooming pepper bushes, his patch of miracle dirt is churning out stuff most gardeners have seen only in magazines and at county fairs.



That is not an early gourd, that is not a misshapen watermelon. That is a zucchini that snuck up and kicked Rob in the ass one day. Then it devoured the three banana pepper plants next to it before Rob called in reinforcements and knocked it down.

And it had a friend. He took care of that one too.

We'll skin and gut it this weekend. We'll tenderize it and slow-roast it over hot coals. Rob will be proud.


(For the record, last year's enormous kohlrabi was 100% inedible.)

Hope everyone had a happy Fourth, or at the very least didn't end up with fingers sewn back on.


Photo courtesy of The Zotographer