vegetable marrow a mainly British phenomenon. Specimens of the marrow/zucchini group of cultivars of the summer squash, Cucurbita pepo, are best eaten when young, as zucchini. In Britain, partly perhaps because of the competitive spirit in which amateur gardeners seek to grow vegetables of record size, some cultivars of these vegetables have traditionally been grown to extreme dimensions before being marketed or exhibited.
These huge marrows are very watery and their original flavour, never more than mild, will have been diluted to vanishing point; so the best thing to do is to stuff them with a well-flavoured mixture.
