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Carnival Squash
On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 18:49:21 +1000, Dave Smith >
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>On Mon, 14 Jun 2021 23:55:25 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
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>>On Monday, June 14, 2021 at 7:47:11 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On Mon, 14 Jun 2021 22:17:00 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
>>> > wrote:
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>>> >On Monday, June 14, 2021 at 6:39:58 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> >> On Mon, 14 Jun 2021 21:35:50 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
>>> >> > wrote:
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>>> >> >Eggplant is kind of a slimy, squishy, vegetable so a lot of folks dislike it.
>>> >> Not liking eggplant is new to me. If a lot of folks disliked it, I'd
>>> >> have noticed. But maybe in the US.
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>>> >I love eggplant and bitter melon, but I can understand why people can't stomach the stuff.
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>>> >https://photos.app.goo.gl/CLLFDvqfMY1uAB6L8
>>> I find bitter melon much harder to appreciate than eggplant.
>>>
>>That's understandable. Bitter melon literally tastes like aspirin. The harder question is why do people love the stuff? I don't know. The Chinese believe that it has medicinal properties. It does seem to have a positive effect on blood glucose levels.
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>Maybe they can put it in pill form. People already take garlic,
>ginger, turmeric etc pills. Why not bitter melon.
Oh, they already exist.
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Bruce
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