Alternative to courgette flowers?

Andrew said:

I have always wanted to try stuffed courgette flowers but I don't want to
sacrifice my courgettes either. This year a friend gave me what I though
to be cucumber seedlings which turned out to be decorative pumpkins. Does
anybody know if it is safe and more to the point tasty to use these
flowers as a replacement for courgette ones? Thanks for your advice

Pumpkin blossoms are edible, so I'd say go for it. Do you have a stuffing in
mind?

Bob

Andrew Spraggins said:

I have always wanted to try stuffed courgette flowers but I don't want to
sacrifice my courgettes either. This year a friend gave me what I though to
be cucumber seedlings which turned out to be decorative pumpkins. Does
anybody know if it is safe and more to the point tasty to use these flowers
as a replacement for courgette ones? Thanks for your advice

A courgette plant (we'd call it zucchini here) will produce many male
and female flowers. Only the females will mature into courgette
vegetables. They'll do that only if they're fertilized with pollen from
the male. As long as you leave one open male flower on the hill or in
the general vicinity, you can eat the rest without sacrificing anything.
You'll need a gardening book or picture on the web to tell you how to
tell the difference between the male and female flowers. It isn't hard
to do but tricky to explain. (The trouble with the squash vine borer is
much more difficult.) Pumpkin flowers are edible also.

--Lia

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Quoted message said:

Do you have a stuffing in
mind?

<Cough!>

Shaun aRe