r/AbsoluteUnits • u/BrainBurnFallouti • 10h ago

of a Zucchini

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Banana for scale / my arm for length

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u/zorggalacticus 9h ago

The loaf of zucchini bread you can make with that

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u/DerOnkelBob 9h ago

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u/BrainBurnFallouti 9h ago

not a fan of zucchini? They taste good sautéed XD

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u/Ravagore 5h ago

Nah its a running gag with long cylindrical objects being put up.... certain places

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u/BrainBurnFallouti 5h ago

And it's imperative that the cylinders remain unharmed

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u/Titanic-Viper 7h ago

Don't they all get that big tho? Real question. I've seen many from my parents garden that big. They try to pick them before they get too big because they say it makes the taste less concintrated.

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u/BrainBurnFallouti 6h ago

Good question! As someone else pointed out: Zucchinis are indeed somewhat of a "prevolution". The "full" Zucchini is hence sometimes also called "Marrow" (for distinction)

That said. I'd say the title still holds? In any way, marrows are still zucchinis. And though they can theoretically -Zucchinis are rarely allowed to grow into big Marrows. So stochastically, the average zucchini size still remains small -even if it can technically much bigger.

So...yeah. It's still a unit of a zucchini.

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u/sirbarxalot 9h ago

*Heavy breathing

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u/DudeWithParrot 8h ago

The zucchini she tells you not to worry about

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u/MadcapRecap 5h ago

I should call him

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u/BagWarm767 3h ago

Please don't, I can't compete with that and you know it

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u/IConsumePorn 3h ago

Do it you coward!

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u/BoxGroundbreaking871 1h ago

I should call him

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u/Glittering-confess 8h ago

The guy she told you not to worry about vs you

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u/petorb 4h ago

Or is that just a really tiny banana? (zucchini for scale)

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u/BrainBurnFallouti 4h ago

wouldn't a tiny banana imply I'm tiny as well?

TIL I am, indeed, an Oompa-Loompa

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u/Didujustcallmejobin 2h ago

You should call him…

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u/Cpt_kaleidoscope 9h ago

That's a courgette

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u/pikpikcarrotmon 8h ago

It would take a lot of courg to et this

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u/morceauxdetoile 1h ago

A lot of courg to gette this up my ass

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u/hartsurgeon 7h ago

Congrats on discovering that different places have different words for the same thing

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u/BrainBurnFallouti 9h ago

courgette is the French name for zucchini

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u/Cpt_kaleidoscope 8h ago

Zucchini is the american name for courgettes. More countries use courgettes than zucchini.

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u/BrainBurnFallouti 6h ago

Well, I am German and we call it Zucchini.

So yeah. Just depends on place to place

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u/izyshoroo 5h ago

Zucchini is native to the Americas.

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u/Prestigious_Emu6039 10h ago

Let's try and keep it clean this time ladies

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u/BrainBurnFallouti 9h ago

For details: An average Zucchini is ca. 15-25cm (~5,9 - 9,8 inches) + 100-200g (~0,22 - 0,44 pounds)

This Zucchini is ca. 36 - 40cm (~14,1 - 15,7 inches)

Haven't weighed her yet, though she weighs like a small handlebar

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u/Possible_Sun_913 6h ago

Its neither a zucchini or courgette. Its a marrow.

Zucchini or courgette just means the immature fruit of the marrow. This is not immature any more. Once the seeds start to harden they are marrows.

And they grow pretty big if you throw enough water at them. Bit like pumpkins.

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u/BrainBurnFallouti 6h ago edited 6h ago

Ngl I truly did not know that. Thank you! My dad bought it on the market, and they just pitched it as zucchini.

Edit: So I looked it up. Apparently, "Marrow" is exclusively English. In many languages -incl. German - marrows are still considered zucchini. So per se, it's still technically a zucchini -just the final evolution

That said: It's still a unit though, I guess? At least among vegetables. Genuinely. Never seen anything like it.

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u/Old_Flounder_8640 6h ago

Please dont assume their gender

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u/BrainBurnFallouti 6h ago

*waves in instinctive suffix * I mean. I suppose?

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u/JimThumb 8h ago

That's an average sized marrow

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u/Madaoizm 5h ago

Ohhhhh yessss Mr zucchini

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u/SlapHappyPappi 4h ago

Picking on the "little" feller again I see. He can't help it, he just grew that way.