Need some recs for what to do with this vegetable,

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Looks like a zuchinni. Slice, salt, flour and cornmeal mix for bredding. Fry. Consume.

peel + shred then make a hash w/ onions, garlic, bacon and top with a fried egg

Are you sure it's not a long green eggplant? It looks a lot like them but missing it's "cap".

Thanks. I'm gonna try to curry it using what they said in that recipe regarding the texture and so on.

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I'm not even sure of the name.

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Why did you not ask?

She didn't know either. She called it Italian squash. But, anytime something is massively oversized and phallic, they throw the word Italian in front of it.

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I was going to recommend he give it to his wife. Then I remembered which board I was on.

They grow these things in the back country in Honduras. There will be a rack beside a house with a few plants growing up the posts and then a top sort of like lattice work, covered in the leafy vines with the fruit hanging down through the lattice toward the ground. The plants make shade and you can walk around under them and the fruits (gourds)are harvested for food.

I have a recipe for cucuzza that is absolutely fantastic. I would post a pic but don't know how to post pics here. I can email you a pic if you want. Recipe using chicken thighs: brown thighs after seasoning with salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Brown until almost fully cooked. Take out and set aside. In the same pot add olive oil if needed and fry one medium chopped onion. When onion is clear add one half HEAD of chopped garlic. Fry about two minutes. Then add one can tomatoes,with juice. Let that cook for about ten minutes add a tablespoon or so of sugar. Return chicken black to pot. Let cook twenty minutes or so. Add. Cucuzza after you have peeled it and cut it into pieces a little smaller than the top joint of your little finger. Add salt and pepper to taste along with a small palm full of Italian seasoning. Should take about thirty to forty five minutes to cook at a simmer. Goes good with French bread. Oh, when you put the tomatoes in if you want you can add a couple splashes of Tobasco, Worcestershire sauce and a couple bay leaves. You can eat it like that but it is much better topped with grated Parmesan cheese. Well worth the effort.