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For the very low chance someone wants to give this a try, be wary of any zucchini you grow yourself, if it tastes even mildly bitter it might kill you. The chance that this happens is greatly increased if cross pollination occurs. Most people don't seem to know this.


> ... if it tastes even mildly bitter it might kill you.

Hadn't heard of this before either. Looking around online, and yep, it's a real thing (was kind of wondering ;>):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marrow_(vegetable)#Toxicology




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