To wonder why.. (brace yourself)

[BackAgainSlimLady]

Single cucumbers from the supermarket come wrapped in plastic.. but single courgettes don’t?

if you ask me.. courgettes have a slightly more fragile skin that cucumber.. so why the lack of protection?

I think it's because people use the whole courgette at once, and often buy more than one. Whereas you might want to keep the cucumber for longer and just eat a bit at a time.

I agree with pp.

The plastic wrapping on the cucumber is specifically there to help preserve it in a decent condition for longer because I would suggest most people don't use a whole cucumber in one go.

Whereas courgettes tend to be bought for immediate use.

YANBU. But I had to google 'courgettes'. Very strange word to use. Not sure why you can't say zucchini which is what it is.

Have never wondered about this tbh, but very much like that you have, OP, and also that others have considered it sufficiently that they’re able to make a suggestion as to why!
On the continent, FWIW, I’ve normally seen cucumbers unwrapped — but having just come back from Spain, I noticed, sadly, that plastic wrapping seems to have been adopted there… It was somewhere very touristy though, so perhaps it’s done because that’s what they think tourists expect?

Because in 🇬🇧 uk it's called a courgette.

It depends where you live. In the UK, they’re courgettes.

Are you American? Courgette is what they are called in the UK.

I agree with PPs that it’s to preserve the cucumber. If you have a cut cucumber with no wrapper then they tend to shrivel up rather quickly. Never had that happen with a courgette.

Courgette is the usual UK word for it.

Yes, there is such a thing as a courge ('bloody great marrow' being the more usual UK term for the ones that got away for longer).

You are about to get your just desserts.

I think I'll campaign for the post-Brexit use of 'small marrow' for them and avoid the French/Italian terminology debate.

No it’s a courgette.

Next you'll be fooling us it's eggplant and not aubergine

Prepare yourself for a barrage from those who didn’t read that thread 😂😂

It's a courgette.

Like what the Americans call an eggplant is actually an aubergine

Interesting question- we need a greengrocer

afaia its courgette and aubergine in the UK. And we don’t use cilantro either.

Genuinely had to google that word too. Its like a completely different language is spoken on here!

And yes, its eggplant.

Courgette

(and it's "just deserts" not desserts - sorry!!)

Courgette is the French word for it, widely used in the UK, and zucchini is the Italian. Both are correct. Although zucchini is plural and the OP is talking about one courgette, so technically it is a zucchino.

Because this is a predominantly British forum and we have courgettes (and aubergines, rocket and the herb, coriander, while we're at it) here.

You had to goggle aubergine? really?

Because it's called a courgette.

Many foods have more than one name.
See

• aubergine / egg plant
• coriander / cilantro
• chips / fries
• crisps / chips
• rocket / arugula
• prawn / shrimp
• pancake/ hot cake / flapjack
• spring onions / scallions

Go out and broaden your world view.

Are you in the US?

I was baffled by eggplant until I saw one growing and they do look like eggs.

Courgette is French and the word used in Britain.

Only when they're young.