So being a sucker for lah-di-dah vegetables, I purchased a round zucchini, and a white one. Because, like, wow. Round! White!
Figured to also toss in a homegrown Cubanelle, and a handful of our paltry homegrown string beans.
Cut up the round zuc. Okay so far. Part-peeled and cut up the white zuc. Slime spewed from the cut parts. All Hades broke loose. My hand went numb. And swelled. Washed with soap, then alcohol. Then Purell. Then repeated.
Nothing doing. Numb, swollen, and now looking like they're covered in Elmer's glue. I'm panicking. DH puts a food glove on me to contain the ick, then looks up Reaction to Zucchini.
Turns out it's a THING. A known thing.
It will allegedly go away. I'm not sure.
Hours later and my hands still have 'glue' on them and there's still a film on my knife.
Death to zucchini. We hates it for ever, Preciousss. Yess, we does.
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