Les Zucchinis

Last night I had the girls over for cold beer and appetizers. I welcomed them into my home with a mountain of gigantic zucchinis on the kitchen table:
Emily asks me if one is supposed to grow a zucchini THIS big. My response is no. But the problem is that my little zuchs keep hiding from me in the zucchini patch. I don’t notice them until they’re at least 1.5 feet long…

It’s love at first gander for Emily who has an affinity for enormous vegetables. They make her feel as though she’s arrived home. Wait until she sees my recent cucumber harvest.

Louisa yells out: JILLY! THESE ZUCHS ARE GIGANTIC! WHAT’S IN THE WATER AT PLUME GABLES???
I reply: OH NOTHING. MY ZUCCHINI PLANTS HAVE ELEPHANTITIS OF THE FRUIT.
Louisa responds with: WHEW. GOOD TO KNOW. MAY I HAVE A GLASS OF WATER PLEASE?

Emily is amazed at how easy it is to love and cherish a pair of giant zucchinis. Her circadian rhythm begins to tick-tock her faster towards motherhood. Oh the glamour of it all…

The girls begin to act like weightlifters with the giant zucchinis. In the background, Emily discovers the zuchi-smile. She becomes a calm in the storm. She is ZENchini.

Karen gets fancy with a one armed zucchini lift.
In the process she whacks Erin who screams: JEEPERS CREEPERS KAREN!
WATCH WHAT YOU DO WITH THAT THING!
Karen says: HEY. DO YOU THINK I CAN LIFT TWO OF THESE ZUCCHINIS AT ONCE?

Erin says: COME ON KAREN. THERE’S NO WAY YOU CAN LIFT TWO ZUCCHINIS AT ONCE. YOU’D HAVE TO BE FROM PLANET KRYPTON TO DO THAT.

The lift begins.
Erin is so amazed at Karen’s superhuman strength that she begins to giggle in disbelief.

Karen holds steady…

At this point Karen is feeling very physically taxed. Her biceps are about to pop out of her arms like jack-in-the-boxes. It’s intense. I am standing across the room while taking this photo and in my left hand I hold a glistening cup of Gatorade ready for her to swallow down to replenish her electrolytes…whew…we’re talking beads of sweat on her brow and the smell of lady sweat in the air…

In order to get the job done, Emily donates her zucchi-smile to Karen. How sacrificial. If there’s one word I could use to describe this group of women, it is self-sacrifice. In a nut shell. Everyone is always willing to give up their giant zucchini for the sake of the well being of another. That’s true friendship. That’s true love. That’s true sacrifice.

Louisa looks a little devious. No matter the occasion. That’s why I like her so well.

Erin, has a habit of scowling. However, we shall forgive her this expression since she’s being squashed by zucchinis in this snapshot.

It’s so rude to be on the tele-zucchini when one is a dinner guest….humph.

Oh wait, that was a three way zuchi-call with me. Oops. I shouldn’t be so critical…

The tele-zucchini is the new pink…even if you’re getting bad news like Emily is…

…even if some news is rather shocking like it happens to be for Erin…

…especially if it’s a way to hear some juicy gossip in the neighborhood (which is what we all seem to be hearing in this snapshot).
At any rate, an evening of:
good company, a mountain range of laughter, tasty snacks and cold beverages.
Wish you could have been there!
XO

Comments

  1. wish i coulda been there too. looks like a riot!!

  2. I just have two words for you:

    Zucchini marmalade 🙂

  3. …and Zucchini crust pizza! It's amazing and kinda different…will write up the recipe…(it's in my head)… and post it on my blogless blog…sometime this week!

  4. Desiree Fawn says

    hahaha, these photos are brilliant!
    too funny ^_^

    mmm now I'm craving zucchini bread!!

  5. I would have my soil tested. Seriously.

  6. reconstructing sarah says

    good thing you don't grow pumpkins!…oh, wait…do you?
    🙂

  7. Zucchini pancakes! If you have a food processor – super yummy!

    I don't know the exact recipe (I am sure it's somewhere on the interwebs though) – I usually chop up zucchini, squeeze out of them the juice (too much liquid otherwise), add flour, may be egg and salt, then cook on a frying pan like any other pancake!

  8. I'm whipping up a zuccini cake this evening with a cream cheese frosting from thepioneerwoman web site. We have also been hiding the zuccini in our meatloaf and tacos and everything else (it has been a bumper crop of a season)

    Looks like a wonderful time was had by all, makes me want to call some friends and see if anyone can come out and play. Enjoy the day.

  9. Miss Crowland says

    I'm sure I would have fit right in…

  10. jessicajane says

    haha too cute!

  11. I love the "Zucchini Party" post! This was adorably funny! What great friends. 🙂

  12. Ann from Montana says

    My grandfather loved to let the zu-queenies (that's how he said it :)!) grow huge. He took great delight in the monster ones.

    I make stuffed zucchini boats from the normal ones usually, but a local veg seller had a huge one which I bought – stuffed half and used the rest of the skin for zucchini crust pizza – my "recipe" just like I would make pizza except using the skin for the crust – yummy and gluten-free which I mostly am.

  13. Taddyporter says

    FREAKINZUCCHINITASTIC!!!!!!

    and how many cold drinks did you say you had? however, if I know the ENERGY at Plume gables like I think I do, sans alcohol needeth toucheth thy lips to produce wacky zany-ness and
    that
    is
    soooo coooooooooooool.

    happy day of the Sun little bird.

  14. CarolynArtist says

    Awwww shaZAM! That looks like a grand time with the girls! I love girls night! The zucchini phones are hilarious. (and your friend has some Wonder Woman biceps! Yeah!)
    Glad to see everyone laughing!

  15. This post had me cracking up!! I bet this was such a FUN night! 🙂

  16. VerreEncore says

    looks like a wildly fun night at Plume Gables! 🙂

    … wish i had room for a garden in my apartment!
    mmmmm zucchini

  17. You girls are too funny! And the photos are great in b & w!

  18. Ha! Nothing better then some good clean zucchini fun.

  19. I wish I could have been there! I need a "ladies night" in the WORST WAY! 🙂

  20. So so funny! The funniest I've read of yours! What a kind friend you are to lend your zucchinis as props for an evening of play.

  21. sylvestris says

    Somehow the zucchinis seem to be not at all passive participants in this happy melee. That leads me to wonder what herbs might have been in those appetizers…or are in mine.

    D 😉

  22. MrsLittleJeans says

    what a team.. fun with zuchinnis : )

    xoxo

  23. Looks like you and the girls had a blast! Gotta love ladies night ;o)

  24. Mind-bogglingly hysterical. I loved this.

    Thanks for a much-needed fit of giggles. 😀

  25. Quite sexy, girls. Quite sexy.

  26. The Noisy Plume: says

    Truth be told, this evening was even MORE fun than it looks:) Sometimes there's no social substitute for a pack of silly ladies.

    Thanks for all your marvelous comments dear birds. Thanks ALSO for your zucchini recipe ideas. I'm going to go whip up some zucchini fritters for lunch before heading out to the studio. Love to you all!
    J