Was it a courgette or a cucumber?

Was it a courgette or a cucumber? comes courtesy of a Dean Writers Circle writing workshop, where we were gifted the ambiguous vegetable by one of our group, who has a glut. She insists it’s a courgette – we were not so sure. I still haven’t cut it to find out!

The gifter insisted it was a courgette, but the giftee was dubious. The skin was too smooth, and those telltale bumps – did courgettes have those?
Not ungrateful, whatever it was, the giftee offered profuse thanks and stayed silent abo...