Be very, very careful!

It's that time of year again. People are trying to force you to eat your vegetables. This can be much more heinous then the picture on the left shows, someone giving away zucchini. The dreaded zucchini can be left on your doorstep by a neighbor secretly without you knowing of it. The worst kind are the zucchini that are 2 to 3 feet long, their only purpose.... well I don't know what it is, maybe a wimpy bat.

I think people should have to get a license to grow zucchini. You should go to adult education gardening and receive your certificate. No zucchini should be grown over 4 to 6 inches. Yes, I know, all our mothers used to stuff the gargantuan summer squash with Hamburger Helper, or something of that sort. They should have just given us a burger and be done with it.

 I have known people to re-gift the zucchini they get from their neighbors, but this can back fire on you. If you are caught doing it, people will think you are the neighborhood zucchini-radical. You will be shunned and disparaged. Hmmm....maybe that's not such a bad idea.