FionnG Monday, July 25th, 2016. Yes eat them . 'Many gardeners like to grow what we call ornamental gourds,' says Guy Barter, chief horticulturist at the Royal Horticulture Society. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Logged mumofstig. Cucumbers, squash and pumpkins can all have the same effect – in fact, the condition has been dubbed Toxic Squash Syndrome. But did you know that you can eat the stems, too? Use a kitchen knife or a set of shears to divide the stalks into sections that include roughly one leaf plus part of the stem. How would be best to cook them and what are tese cross pollinated plants called? Lawyers say mandatory jabs might be legal but are... Manchester braces for return to tough new Tier Three: Mayor Andy Burnham predicts government will plunge... Men with 'the Celtic gene' are 11 times more likely to develop liver cancer because it makes their body... GPs in the South West were sent 'USED gloves packed into unopened boxes' in another PPE blunder after... Why ARE Kent and East Sussex's Covid outbreaks spiking? Q: We eat a lot of broccoli and I usually throw out the stalk. Courgettes, marrows, pumpkins, squashes and other members of the cucurbit family are fun to grow. Trump loses it during Thanksgiving Day round of golf, blasting 'I hate this f*****g hole' as he shanks his ball into the water, Massive 'war zone' riot involving hundreds of inmates breaks out at Arizona prison, Pregnant Native American teenager, 18, is found dead in Florida field five weeks after vanishing and three weeks after the man suspected of abducting her was shot dead in stand-off with US Marshals, Link to Sidney Powell's election lawsuit is banned by Twitter before site makes a U-turn saying it was 'mistakenly flagged' - as typo-laden legal document is ridiculed by experts, Amazon to give $500million in one-time bonuses to frontline employees in the US who are working the holiday season amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Racist North Carolina man, 34, is jailed for threatening to shoot a black family back in 2014 after he drove to their rental home yelled racist abuse at them and told them they didn't belong there, Trumps celebrate Thanksgiving: Ivanka shares sweet snap of her family as Lara and Eric head off on a road trip and COVID survivor Don Jr trolls Biden on social media, Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes led company 'f*** you chants' about competitors and a Wall St Journal reporter who criticized her during meetings - but her lawyers say it was 'normal behavior', Alexa, are you an anti-Semite? The edible flower of the courgette, or zucchini, bush. You’ll find zucchini in a lot of local gardens. A quarter were linked with home-grown veg. Knowing how to avoid or remedy these problems can make the difference between success and failure. The RHS says cases of poisoning are still rare but the risks can be reduced by not saving seeds from one year to the next and only buying brands that carry the RHS Award of Garden Merit. Symptoms range from crippling stomach cramps, violent vomiting and diarrhoea to, in some cases, severe trembling, fever and terrifying hallucinogenic dreams. Read about our approach to external linking. Do you eat the skin of courgettes or peel them? By Kate (11/07/2020) Thanks for this thread. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group, 'Don't ever talk to the president that way!' They all come from a family of plants that naturally contain high levels of chemicals called cucurbitacins, which protect them against insects and disease but which are toxic to humans – even when boiled, roasted or fried.