On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 19:44:32 +1000, Dave Smith >
wrote:

>On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 02:36:42 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> wrote:
>
>>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:
>>>
>>> >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:
>>> >>
>>> >> >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.
Ask them, theyre here. "You can stop saying that now. Thank you."
--
Bruce