On Thursday, July 27, 2017 at 6:30:05 AM UTC-10, tert in seattle wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
> > On Thursday, July 20, 2017 at 8:10:05 AM UTC-10, tert in seattle wrote:
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> >> I have vague memories of my mom roasting winter squash halves of some
> >> sort and then eating it with a bunch of butter in the cavity.
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> > I made some bitter melon yesterday. The melon was sliced and boiled in water until tender. The water was drained and the melon was stir fried with some ground pork and a black bean/garlic sauce. It was pretty good. Boiling the melon in water and draining like that mellowed out the bitter taste. All that other stuff that the Chinese say will reduce bitterness does not work.
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> never tried bitter melon ... will have to look that one up

It's an interesting vegetable. It tastes so bad that you figure it's got to be good for you. The Chinese believe that it cures diabetes and cancer - among other things. I like the taste although I cannot say why.

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