Ding dong the vine is dead! I am plagued by zucchini no more, (five metric tons of shredded zucchini in freezer conveniently forgotten.) The remaining survivors have been sliced, stabbed, poked and gutted. Their tiny little heads on display as a warning to other squash, summer or otherwise.
I remembered I had pumpkin carving tools and while I tend to snap those flimsy little saw blades on real pumpkins, they are quite perfect for the soft flesh of the zucchini.
From left to right: Plastic Eyeball Zucchini (because original carved eye looked like crap), Held Together By Toothpicks Zucchini (because froze and cracked on vine and then was dropped on the way outside after carving), Fires of Hell Zucchini (sadly not fires of hell, just a red tea light), Pomegranate Aril Iris Bug Eating Zucchini (just because), and last Broken Pasta Teeth Zucchini (because there was no way I was going to successfully carve that itty bitty zucchini, and I got lazy).
It's hard to believe that isn't really hell fire and just a mere tea light. Scratching the surface of the zucchini with the saw blade gave some nice texture.
And just because I love my daughters mini pumpkin
and it's evil grin in the faux hellfire glow.
and it's evil grin in the faux hellfire glow.
Also I discovered too late there is a
National Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day
National Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day
If I ever get zucchini amnesia and plant another one,
I want to hang with these ladies on zucchini day.
Those zucchini are cracking me up! They are a funny wacky bunch!
ReplyDeleteThey were pretty fun. I’m almost tempted to plant zucchini again, almost but not quite.
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