Summer squash - two standouts from Home Grown Nevada

It's squash season and time to enjoy the wonderful varieties you'll never see at the supermarket. I've said it before but I'll say it again...I've never really been a summer squash person. I've eaten it in restaurants because it was the veggie of the day which included the typical zucchini and some other yellow squash that I couldn't identify either by taste or by appearance. Though the squash was certainly edible it wasn't anything I'd take the effort to cook at home. Then we started getting summer squash in our CSA baskets. OMG!

We've been eating or freezing all the squash that comes in our basket. However two of the varieties are so good we've been picking up extra from the Home Grown Nevada stall at the California Street farmers' market (Saturdays from 8:00-1:00):

Tromboccino Rampacante zucchini and Starship.

Not only are they wildly different in appearance they each have their own distinct taste. Summer squash is surprisingly versatile so the meal possibilities are endless. We ate our last batch in Summer Squash and Corn Pasta (from Chez Panisse Vegetables) while we watched The Fellowship of the Ring with our dogs (they love that movie).

Now that we can get a huge, delicious variety at the farmers' markets summer squash is back on the menu! Woo hoo!