No need for appologies, of course. I guessed the local country fair competition part, but didn't know what on earth marrow might be (bone marrow obviously not). I went to epicurious to consult their dictionary (it says it's a particularly bland and large kind of squash grown only in England), and ended up wasting an hour reading recipies!

(There is a local joke about a peasant trying to describe pineaple to another one:
- You know what plum looks like?
- Yes....
- And grapes?
- Of course!
- Well, this is not even slightly similar to them! )

Cheers!

Dragi "Bonzi" Raos
Zagreb, Croatia
Q#5196, MkII#80000376, 18GB green