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I've been presented with the above by my brother's mum-in-law and I've no idea what to do with it. Any suggestions????? Back in an hour or so to see what you've come up with.

Stuff it!! Seriously, cook mince in the normal way (with onions, carrots etc). Peel the marrow & hollow it out, stuff it with the mince mixture, wrap in foil & bake in the oven till the marrow's soft. My mum used to make this years ago - nice & cheap. Angela

My mum used to do baked marow for me. She was by no means a great cook, but she used to watch Ready Steady Cook and come up with 'concoctions' regularly. I'm a vegetarian, so a 'take' on the mince would be to use Quorn mince, making a 'bologneise'style sauce using onions, tomatoes, mushrooms etc, throw in a bit of chilli, garlic and other spices to taste, stuff the marrow with it and most importantly....cover with grated chees. Roast in the oven. YUM! I've not had this for over 7 years now, since my mum took the recipe with her and I'm useless in the kitchen!

Make marrow and tomato casserole.............very nice Barbara..xx

Like the idea of the cheese in it! It's making me feel quite hungry now - will have to get my lunch in a mo! Angela

Checking in to see what you've come up with so far. I've got the mince out of the freezer, it sounds like I will definately need that. I have onion (red or white), cheese, spices but I'm struggling with anything tomato-y. Used up the jar of bol sauce last week, last of the tube of puree went in the fajitas on Saturday, tinned toms went with Sunday breakfast and I've only 10 of those teeny-weeny fresh toms. I can do carrots, mushrooms and peppers though if that's any good?

Chuck it all in Helen and let me know how it tastes! Do you have tomato sauce?

Helen That should be fine - tomatoes not obligatory! A

Thought I'd let you know that tea went down very well, hubby was impressed. The recipe went like this - 1/2 a finely chopped onion (cried too much and couldn't be bothered to do other half) about 1/2lb mince (as much as I could scrape off the half frozen block) 4 rashers smoked bacon, chopped (inspiration!) Above fried in 1 tbsp olive oil Added 1 stick of celery,1 red pepper, 1 yellow pepper, 1 carrot, all diced 1 tin of chopped tomatoes (49p rip off at corner shop) Good squirt of tomato puree (59p rip off at corner shop) Dash of Hendersons Relish (Sheffield speciality, bit like Worcs. sauce) Lots of black pepper Simmered for 20 mins Only used half the marrow (it's enormous) and then slit it in half lengthways. Added above mixture, wrapped them in foil and baked for 20 mins. Unwrapped and topped with a mixture of breadcrumbs and strong cheddar and baked for a further 20 mins.

Glad it was popular! Just about to dish up my dinner now. Angela

Sounds great - just show what you can do if you just chuck it all in! Remember to save your recipe for next time - you'll never remember everything you added! Anne

I was going to ask how it went Helen! You could make this a daily thing perhaps, each day adding a different 'unusual' ingredient! We'd all end up with some great recipies! I notice you couldn't leave the tomotoes out!

Lucky to have a corner shop - my nearest shop's an 8 mile round trip!! (not complaining tho, it's lovely & peaceful here) Angela

As much as I enjoyed it, one marrow a year is enough. I've still got to find something I can do with the remaining half and my hubby's suggestions are unprintable!

I believe that it can be used as the bulk in a Marrow and Ginger jam. Christine

You could go on the bbc website and go to the food section - they have millions (well, ok probably thousands but millions sounded better!!) of recipes and you can find what you want by the ingredient search facility. Bet you find something nice there. Snowdrops

The marrow is dead but it won't lie down!

Cooked like that, I believe it's called 'mock goose' - a hang over from WW2 and rationing. Jay

Send it to me. We don't get marrows in the US. Rose

I can recommend the marrow and ginger jam suggestion. It's one of my favourites. My mum used to make it. I just did a google search and found several versions of the recipe. It can be a bit runny but is yummy even so. Sue