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"Nick Cramer" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>> I know Nick has mentioned this before. I probably only half read his
>> posts.

>
> You only half read my posts?!?!?! <grumble grumble grumble>
>
>> This was given as an ingredient on "Chopped" the other day. In a round
>> in which they had only 20 minutes to prepare the dish. Somehow in the
>> back of my mind, this didn't seem right. They also commented that only
>> one person prepared it correctly. He removed the seeds from the middle
>> and they said that the seeds were the bitter part.

>
> Jun always removes the seeds, so I don't know how bitter they are. The
> 'pith' or whatever it's called, that the seeds are imbedded in, has the
> consistency of packing 'popcorn'. The melon is bitter.
>
>> So I looked up some recipes on how to make it. All said to scoop the
>> seeds from the middle and most said to soak it in salt water anywhere
>> from a half an hour to overnight or more.

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> Jun doesn't soak it in salt water. Brining it removes the bitterness, but
> that's the part that is beneficial, for BG and 'other stuff'. Jun says
> that
> what's left is 'junk'! (She just got home after four months in Thailand.
> She brought back herbs for diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol and
> more. I'm just so happy to have her back home.) I mostly get it served in
> soups. It's bitter, but I love it! I'm working on a recipe for making
> Garlic Dill Pickled Bitter Melon. Jun says she doesn't think it'll be as
> beneficial as fresh, but she'll make it for me. I love pickles more than
> cukes. ;-)
>
>> So how could they expect these poor chefs to prepare it in a palatable
>> way in only 20 minutes? I felt the same way when they gave them raw
>> black eyed peas and then complained that they were cooked through. Gah!

>
> Who puts together those combinations of ingredients in the baskets? What a
> sadist! For a chance at $10K, I'll cook anything!!! LMAO


I don't know. I hate when they put the savory item in the dessert basket.