Topic: Storing courgettes

[Psi (Pronounced 'Si'!)]

in fridge or out?  whats best?

[jimtheworzel]

psi  ...dont think would keep very long in fridge or freezer, water content is high
best way is to eat and enjoy
jtw

[thifasmom]

i store mine out but try and use withen 3- 5 days at most.

[Psi (Pronounced 'Si'!)]

cheers. Not trying to preserve them - I'll try and leave out now and see.  Ta

[Squash64]

I wash and dry them, put them in a plastic bag and put them in the salad drawer of the fridge.  They will last for quite a few days like that.

[macmac]

I've got some of those green storage bags (QVC,Wilko etc)allsorts of fruit and veg keeps really well in them I've never tried courgettes as we tend to cook/soup or give away but I can't see why not.They're great for lemons and limes which i always like to have in but don't always use regularly

[jennym]

I've frozen courgette chopped into chunks - it's fine cooked from frozen. Do find that the denser types freeze better.
But, without a freezer, the best way to store them has got to be to let them grow to marrow size and harden off the skin. Kept in a cool (not cold) dark place, with plenty of ventilation, I've managed to keep marrows up until around Christmas time.

[saddad]

Having cured some large Romanesco last year we were able to keep one until February last year, just on the kitchen unit.. was showing no signs of rot but it was taking up too much room!!  :-X

[Digeroo]

Trompetto d'albenga courgettes (actually related to a butternut squash) keep very well.  The seeds are only up one end, so if they go a bit coarse you can just throw that bit away.

[shirlton]

When some of ours get too big then I store them on the spare room windowsills and use them for soup. They keep for quite while

[tim]

Grow them on to Marrows & then they'll store.

[GRACELAND]

yep as Tim say marrows will keep longer :)