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A marrow is a type of squash (in fact I think it might actually be just a large Zucchini/courgette). It isn't very popular nowadays, but from my childhood I remember it being stringy, slimey and just plain nasty. Could just have been the way it was cooked though...

It's just a large courgette, yes. They're horrible if overcooked (especially if boiled); the best thing to do with them is hollow out the centres, stuff them, and bake them, either halved lengthways or cut crossways into thick rings.

With the right weather, watering, and feeding, marrows can become truly gigantic; competitive marrow-growing is very much a part of Wallace's Yorkshire culture. Competition-sized specimens are probably inedible however you cook them.

Peter