Courgettes - two of my 'Patty Pan' variety look like knobbly little pumpkins ...

Patty Plan is a strange looking courgette variety, flat-ish, almost like a mini flying saucer.

Two of mine have grown into a very strange shape - the colour is as normal but these look like pale mini-pumpkins, they are almost spherical, slightly knobbly too.

I know that rarely some courgettes can be toxic due to the presence of Cucurbitacin - however, I'm just curious if I should be cautious about eating these strange looking Patty Pan fruits. I don't generally have any issues with eating vegetables that aren't of a 'perfect' shape, but these Patty Pan fruits are particularly weird and 'deformed'.

 

@TheMadHedger "Patty Pan" are often described as summer squashes. A quick search shows a range of colours and shapes. See Patty Pan - Recherche Google
As for Cururbitacin this is often described as imparting a bitter taste to some fruits rather than ban being out and out toxic. Most of these things evolved as herbivoury defence mechanisms.
If you are interested in these compounds then see Cucurbitacin - Recherche Google

 

Thanks, here's a photo:

 

Perhaps I should eat those 'Patty Pan Pumpkins' at Halloween .......... ;-)

 

These are mine from last year which look similar- and were delicious. Later in the season I let them grow a little bigger and the wrinkles were smoother. To test for the toxic courgette, slice a piece off and press it to your tongue. Apparently you can tell if its toxic. I'll caveat that I've never tried it nor had a toxic one.

 

Thanks, very interesting. I'll try the tongue test if I get any more like that this year. :-)