Courgettes are my favourite crop... and the easiest... although this year didn't get as many as usual... they are so useful.
My favourite thing is making soup out of them and freezing it... I have soup for lunch every day, it is delicious and nutricious... and I'm a poet!
I also like to cut it in strips, put lemon and black pepper on and bake... at the moment I have a tray in the oven with lots of veggies on it including green and yellow courgettes...all cut into big pieces and shaken in oil. They will be delicious when I go downstairs for tea!
An allotment plot is not the same without them, so plant them and just let them do their own thing... I have never worried if I get too many flowers of the "wrong" sex, I just put the flowers in a little butter or marg and cook them... yum!
Linda