On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:30:09 -0400, william <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>Ask any small boy.
>It's not food, you can also check your neighbours' reaction when you
>come with wheelbarrows of the stuff, trying to give it away.  :)
>
>William

Heh, yeah, I used to hate when my mother boiled zucchini into a bitter mush,
but raw or lightly sauteed it's not that bad. 

It's true that it's a New World food, and New World foods have come under
increasing suspicion now that Cordain has shown that other New World foods
that are edible raw--tomatoes and other nightshades--contain potent
antinutrients that cause intestinal permeability and other problems. So I
don't know for sure whether zucchini is Paleo, though I had considered it so
in the past. 

It's not a big issue for me these days anyway, as I've discovered that I do
best when I eat mostly meats (including organs) and animal fats.