The Last Zucchini!

The term doesn’t have the dramatic intent of “The Last of the Mohicans.” It doesn’t carry the grit of the Last Roundup. It doesn’t have the sex appeal (?) of Sophie Tucker, “The Last of the Red Hot Mamas.” You remember her, she sang “How Ya Gonna Keep ‘Em Down on the Farm (After They’ve Seen Paree).”

However, The Last Zucchini is a reminder that winter is just around the corner. And a reminder that zucchini will no longer appear in virtually every form possible on the table.

It is hard to kill zucchini; believe me, I’ve tried. At our former home (Stately Willard Manor West) we had a zucchini grove — is that how you’d describe a grouping of the plants? — in the open space behind our yard.

We had so many we’d accost neighbors walking by to take them (and do something w

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