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Rule #1 immediately brought to mind Barbara Kingsolver's wonderful book "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle." If you haven't read it, please get a copy now!

And if you ever have extra zucchini, I'd love to take it off your hands!

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I love that book! I’ve used it in the sociology of food class I teach. Amazing how many students don’t know about the seasonality of fruits and vegetables. I do have a rogue zucchini growing in our raised bed, so will keep you in mind if I’m overwhelmed.

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Kingsolver is so great! I love her work. Thanks for keeping me in mind for when you are overwhelmed with Zucchini!

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❤️

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Patty pan squash are so good! I totally agree with your tomato rules. I have several beauties warming and ripening in the sun on the porch railing. Cucumbers, cabbage, corn, squash and tomatoes are pretty much part of our daily meals during peak season.

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Yes, summer eating is the best eating. And the easiest.

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For sure!

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Correct on tomato rule! On all points actually. My rule: if it doesn't move, eat it--unfortunately .

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Good rule.

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Some friends of mine asked me to teach them how to cook so I started giving lessons (this was during the 2-3 years I lived in Nashville half the time).

One of my first rules was, “Don’t ever refrigerate a tomato. If you do, I’ll know. And I’ll find you.”

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I respect this.

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Ha ha - agree on all counts. My grandfather used to start the water boiling and then go pick the corn. It was the only way I had it until college and then I had some horrible thing on a buffet line that looked like corn on the cob but was horrible. And tomatoes yes indeed.

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Oh, I love that image of the water boiling and your grandfather out picking the corn. I bet it tasted amazing!

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