Originally Posted by
WickedStepMother
The name zucchini sounds much more appetising than courgette. Courgettes are those things that seem like a good idea when I am doing the supermarket shop, but then lurk in the bottom of the fridge until they get all pockmarked and soggy and have to be thrown out.
And from someone from the "other side of the pond," zucchini was an icky green vegetable that I didn't like while growing up, and courgette sounds like some fancy french delight.