On Monday, June 14, 2021 at 11:44:40 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 02:36:42 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> > wrote:
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> >On Monday, June 14, 2021 at 10:49:30 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> >> On Mon, 14 Jun 2021 23:55:25 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> >> > wrote:
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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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> >> >> >I love eggplant and bitter melon, but I can understand why people can't stomach the stuff.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >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.
> >> Maybe they can put it in pill form. People already take garlic,
> >> ginger, turmeric etc pills. Why not bitter melon.
> >>
> >That makes as much sense as taking a steak in pill form. I don't eat bitter melon because it has an effect on blood glucose levels - that's not real important to me.
> >
> >https://photos.app.goo.gl/uw1QJj6Pc5qwtPfv5
> You and a couple of Chinese (roughly one billion) may be the only ones
> who like the flavour, but if it's good for people's health -real or
> perceived- a pill would make sense for the rest of the world's
> population. And lo and behold, it already exists.
>
> --
> Bruce

I don't believe in other people's tastes - I just believe in mine. I won't be buying bitter melon pills but I will be buying bitter melon. The Chinese got all kinds of ways to make bitter melon less bitter. That's just silly - I like it full on bitter. 😜
https://photos.app.goo.gl/uw1QJj6Pc5qwtPfv5