What on earth is this fruit or veg?! (Pic)

[Marni83]

I received this with my food delivery
I didn’t order it
It was loose in a bag. Just the one.

No idea what it is but don’t want to waste it!

Thank you

It's a courgette.

Isn’t it a courgette?

Courgette

Weird marrow?

A courgette!!

No

Pic of courgette attached!

I love courgettes and buy frequently
I have never seen one like this

It’s a courgette!

Just a different variety of a courgette xx

Don't eat it if it tastes bitter though. I've never seen one that's half yellow & half green, not sure if it's possible to tell visually if they're the poisonous type. It happens occasionally. Obvious from the taste though, apparently.

It's a Zephyr Squash

www.naturesproduce.com/encyclopedia/zephyr-squash/

It's a courgette

It's a courgette which isn't perfect, which hasn't been selected for perfect form for photo shoot purposes.
It also looks like it has a bit of an identity crisis with regard to variety.
But slice and fry with garlic and mushrooms and it will be delicious 😋

It's a squash, not a courgette.

Courgette/zucchini

it's a courgette.
probably given to you buy a neighbour growing them in the garden/allotment desperate to get rid of half a dozen a day

delicious.

but it looks like it's grown from own seed, if you notice a bitter taste when preparing discard as then it will be poisonous.

Thanks so much

Wait someone says it’s a squash not a courgette
Thoughts?

Yellow courgette

@Originally

It's a squash, not a courgette.

Not it’s definitely not squash

I’ve just looked at more pics of courgettes

Yes it’s definitely courgette

Thank you!

Follow that link above for zephyr squash. It's obviously that. It's a summer squash, thin-skinned, and closely related to courgettes. Beautiful looking vegetable.

@Marni83

A courgette!!

No

Pic of courgette attached!

There are loads of different shapes and shades of courgettes! Some are round, and all shades of yellow and green.

zephyr courgette: www.riverford.co.uk/organic-fruit-veg-and-salad/vegetables/courgettes-zephyr

Recipes: www.bbc.co.uk/food/courgette

pumpkins and courgettes are in the same plant family and even fertilise or cross breed with each other.

so yeah, it's a kind of squash, but of the courgette kind

Also, as you got it as part of your food delivery, it must be a commercially grown vegetable so should be perfectly safe.

Interesting some refer to it as squash, some as courgette. Some things get rebadged to sell better!

It is called a "zephyr squash" in the US (part of the crookneck squash family) but maybe more usually grouped as a courgette (zucchini) in the UK (per cultkid's link)? Courgette/zucchini and crookneck squash are both types of summer squash, and are pretty interchangeable for cooking purposes.

Anyway, this may be useful re how these squashes came to occur and some general ideas of how to cook them: harvesttotable.com/zephyr_squash/