Gai Lon / Chinese Brocolli / Chinese Kale

[Heidi3]

thanks for the link

thanks for the link I am going to order some seeds!!! we can grow greens year around here!

[Heidi3]

Have you tasted luffa?

Not2? have you tried it ..eating the luffa? I bought one and forgot it ...they do not hold up....I am going to get another and try it but am not even sure I know what to look for ...my friend who eats it a lot says it is a little bittler?

[MotherOfGizmo]

How do you cook it?

[Heidi3]

luffa

it says in my Southeast Asian cookbook to skin it slice it and stir fry it....that is what I planned to do before it shriveled and got all moldy....it looked like a giant okra....I love to just pick something I have never tried ...find out how to cook it and taste...the only food that I have actually spit out was eel I just can not get that one down....all other fish and seafood....veggies and most meat...(no organs)....I will try and usually like if cooked properly

[MotherOfGizmo]

That's too funny. I love grilled eel!

[not2late]

Re: Have you tasted luffa?

Not2? have you tried it ..eating the luffa? I bought one and forgot it ...they do not hold up....I am going to get another and try it but am not even sure I know what to look for ...my friend who eats it a lot says it is a little bittler?

Yes, luffa is quite good. The texture is a bit like zucchini and the flavor is mild. The first time I had it, it was in a brothy chicken soup, so that probably reduces whatever bitterness is there.

The bittermelon lives up to it's name! It's definitely an acquired taste. I grow it because it's a climbing vine. The leaves are pretty. The fruit, when ripe is a bright golden yellow color and as it ripens the fruit begins to split and the seeds are a bright scarlet color, very unusual and very ornamental imo.