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Do you know what this vegetable is? It is popular in the southern islands of Japan, Okinawa, but I think only in the past 10 years has made it to my part of Japan. This is called goya and I can't even find it in my Japanese-English dictionary. It is also known as a bitter gourd and bitter it is!!! It is NOT Tetsu's favorite food but if it is cooked a bit it loses some of its bitterness and tastes very nice mixed with bland tofu and bland scrambled eggs. Sorry didn't make that for dinner last night so no picture of that dish.
Isn't it pretty hanging there? It is eaten while still green so the red ones have already gone to pot... Hmmm. Maybe I'll make goya tonight for dinner. Tetsu can pretend he is in Okinawa.Okay, I have GOT TO GO! It is 8:27!
9 comments:
Yes, it is very pretty hanging there. :))
Yes, we have this kind of veggie too in my country. We call it "pare". And it's not my fave veggie too. Its just too bitter. I can't handle the bitterness. I like sweet instead, amazuki desu kara ;)
Can you believe, that they sell that here in the grocery stores? My Mom says that it's supposed to be loaded with cancer fighting nutrients.
ttfn :) Yuki in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA!
It looks very pretty! I hope you weren't late, lol!
It's pretty - it looks like a decoration, like icicles on a Christmas tree.
It is pretty enough to grow for its looks! I wonder if it is from the squash family?
My mom used to stir fry this with thin slices of beef. She loved it. I didn't. Also heard that this gourd has medicinal properties to help with asthma. My friend's mom used to put it through the juicer for him to drink. Yuck!
We see that in the shops over here, now & then, but no one seems to know how to cook-or eat- it!
It looks like the chinese vegetable we always called 'bitter melon' - my dad used to make it once in a while
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