BlogHer - Zucchini Madness Part One: Zucchini Carpaccio - Comments

Blog telepathy

Pille — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 07:05:26 -0500

indeed :) I had already bought the zucchinis and chosen the recipe, and then saw your post at BlogHer and thought "Whoah, that was timely" :)

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Very cool!

Kalyn Denny — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 17:28:33 -0500

Pille, I love it that you were making this just as I was writing about it. I think this is just blog telepathy, what do you think?

Kalyn Denny
Kalyn's Kitchen

Hang on. I know you will

Kalyn Denny — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 17:27:05 -0500

Hang on. I know you will get zucchini soon.

Kalyn Denny
Kalyn's Kitchen

I saw your post yesterday

Pille — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:44:19 -0500

I saw your post yesterday just after deciding that I'd be serving zucchini carpaccio last night (see here) - quite a coincidence :)

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Zucchini joke

pulcetta — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:36:23 -0500

That is funny. I was trying to find an Italian joke about zucchini, but cannot think of one. Last night I found some hints of blossoms on my plants: maybe one day I will get to make carpaccio with my own zucchini.
Simona

Yes, I'm in Utah

Kalyn Denny — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:16:10 -0500

Danielle, yes I live in Salt Lake. Have you ever heard the joke? Actually I heard "Do you know why Mormons lock their cars when they go to church in the summer?" but I made it a bit more PC.

Kalyn Denny
Kalyn's Kitchen

Utahn

acancerfreeutah — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:45:55 -0500

Are you from Utah?

I live in Utah. How funny.

Zucchini Madness Part One: Zucchini Carpaccio

Kalyn Denny — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:50:27 -0500

In Utah there's a joke about why people lock their cars when they go to church in the summer. It's so you don't come out and find your car full of zucchini, of course! It's a joke, but using up all the zucchini that one plant produces can be quite a challenge. Here's part one of a series of ideas about how to use that zucchini.

Raw zucchini is low in calories, easy to prepare, and the perfect vehicle for delivering olive oil, balsamic vinegar, or shaved parmesan to your mouth! That might be one reason why Zucchini Carpaccio is such a popular dish. There are as many versions of this perfect-for-summer variety of zucchini salad as there are food bloggers who rave about how fresh it tastes.

The most famous Zucchini Carpaccio is probably the version from Chocolate and Zucchini, and since Clotilde included it in her cookbook, this dish is getting repeated everywhere.

In the photo we have Zucchini Carpaccio from Smitten Kitchen which Deb made on a night when she felt like she was having a meltdown due to the heat.

The Tasty Zucchini Carpaccio Salad from Je Mange la Ville adds pine nuts to the mix.

The Wednesday Chef tries out Patricia Wells Zucchini Carpaccio with Avocado.

Finally, at The Paupered Chef, Nick discovers it's Zucchini Carpaccio's Best Week Ever. After seeing recipes for this summer delicacy all over the place, he combines them all and gives us step-by-step directions for his version, which looks great.

Blogher Food Editor Kalyn Denny hasn't made Zucchini Carpaccio (yet) but when she used raw zucchini in her Zucchini Salad with Tomato and Basil, it was a complete winner.