Hi I live in Brisbane Queensland and asking advice on planting chokos. I
have 3 chokos given to me but without advice on growing them.
How do i strike them ????
Regards
Graham

graham feeley wrote:
>
> Hi I live in Brisbane Queensland and asking advice on planting chokos. I
> have 3 chokos given to me but without advice on growing them.
> How do i strike them ????

Just leave them and they will shoot out the broad end.

We variously just leave in position or slightly bury them when they
shoot. They are susceptable to frost damage on leaves.

Dig a hole about the size of a bucket and add a bit of cow or chook poo or
whatever you like to help them grow. It does not really matter if you have
ok soil, but if it's just sand, then maybe a bit of something to eatwill do
them good. This gives the roots a bit of loose soil to grow through. Fill
the hole back up, and put the chokos on their side halfway into the ground
with half visible above the soil. Water well and give them somewhere to
climb. They often sprout before planting if you just leave them sit in a
basket.

Stand back about the same distance Jack did when he planted the funny seeds
his mother belted him over! They are great in Qld for covering up sheds,
broken fences, trees, houses, skyscrapers,......

In two years time you won't be able to give them all away!

Peter

"graham feeley" > wrote in message
u...
> Hi I live in Brisbane Queensland and asking advice on planting chokos. I
> have 3 chokos given to me but without advice on growing them.
> How do i strike them ????
> Regards
> Graham
>
>

Cristian Croitoru wrote:
>
> Can you tell us how to use the chokos?
> What dishes are used in?
As a boiled, steamed or baked vegetable is basically how we use them.
chips?

"Terry Collins" > wrote in message
...
> Cristian Croitoru wrote:
> >
> > Can you tell us how to use the chokos?
> > What dishes are used in?
> As a boiled, steamed or baked vegetable is basically how we use them.
> chips?

Go well in a stir fry as well, folks used to make chutney and jam with them
as well.


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Regards ........... Rheilly Phoull

Can you tell us how to use the chokos?
What dishes are used in?
I have seen them at the veggie shop but I have no idea what are for and the
shop keeper could not enlighten me either..

TIA

"Bushy" :
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> In two years time you won't be able to give them all away!

Rheilly Phoull wrote:
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> "Terry Collins" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Cristian Croitoru wrote:
> > >
> > > Can you tell us how to use the chokos?
> > > What dishes are used in?
> > As a boiled, steamed or baked vegetable is basically how we use them.
> > chips?
>
> Go well in a stir fry as well, folks used to make chutney and jam with them
> as well.

Well, I couldn't give all the answers {:-).
I know they are used in chutney and pickles.
I don't think I've ever used them in stir fry though.

g'day graham,

they will sprout out of the big end but getting a bit late to plant
choko's now, best left 'till spring, these ones can be potted and
carried through winter when they are well sprouted.

len

snipped
--
happy gardening
'it works for me it could work for you,'

"in the end ya' gotta do what ya' gotta do" but consider others and the environment
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~gardenlen1/

Bushy wrote:

> Dig a hole about the size of a bucket and add a bit of cow or chook poo or
> whatever you like to help them grow. It does not really matter if you have
> ok soil, but if it's just sand, then maybe a bit of something to eatwill
> do them good. This gives the roots a bit of loose soil to grow through.
> Fill the hole back up, and put the chokos on their side halfway into the
> ground with half visible above the soil. Water well and give them
> somewhere to climb. They often sprout before planting if you just leave
> them sit in a basket.
>
> Stand back about the same distance Jack did when he planted the funny
> seeds his mother belted him over! They are great in Qld for covering up
> sheds, broken fences, trees, houses, skyscrapers,......
>
> In two years time you won't be able to give them all away!
>
> Peter

About 20 years ago I planted one, thought it had died, then a few months
later ended up with hundreds of them!

gtoomey

g'day cristian,

yes steamed, and served with a white sauce goes down well. if you want
to do like they used to after the war put some chokos chopped up into
a pot put with either a cooking apple or 2 or likewise with pears stew
them up and serve however you want to use stewed pear or apple, the
chokos take on the flavour of the fruits.

len

snipped
--
happy gardening
'it works for me it could work for you,'

"in the end ya' gotta do what ya' gotta do" but consider others and the environment
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~gardenlen1/

Recipes For Chokos:
Yes as Len Gardener says cut them in half, steam them and serve them in a
white sauce.
It is a bland vegetable but can grow on you.
Coming from a poor family when i was a kid my mother peeled them, cut in
half long ways added 2 pears peeled and cut the same way and then poached
them in a sugar syrup till soft, this was served with custard.
I never knew till years later that this was chokos, Mum always said we have
Pears with custard tonight (fooled me)
So virtually one can use your imagination with this vegetable.
Some cooks subtiute chokos with apple in a apple pie.
Thanks for all the info on growing chokos!!!!!!!!!!!

Regards
Graham
"len gardener" > wrote in message
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> g'day cristian,
>
> yes steamed, and served with a white sauce goes down well. if you want
> to do like they used to after the war put some chokos chopped up into
> a pot put with either a cooking apple or 2 or likewise with pears stew
> them up and serve however you want to use stewed pear or apple, the
> chokos take on the flavour of the fruits.
>
> len
>
> snipped
> --
> happy gardening
> 'it works for me it could work for you,'
>
> "in the end ya' gotta do what ya' gotta do" but consider others and the
environment
> http://members.optusnet.com.au/~gardenlen1/

Thanks to everybody for recepies!
Me> Can you tell us how to use the chokos?

"len gardener" > wrote in message
...
> g'day cristian,
>
> yes steamed, and served with a white sauce goes down well. if you want
> to do like they used to after the war put some chokos chopped up into
> a pot put with either a cooking apple or 2 or likewise with pears stew
> them up and serve however you want to use stewed pear or apple, the
> chokos take on the flavour of the fruits.
>
> len
>
> snipped
> --
> happy gardening
> 'it works for me it could work for you,'
>
> "in the end ya' gotta do what ya' gotta do" but consider others and the
environment
> http://members.optusnet.com.au/~gardenlen1/

but they are sooo bland....no flavour in the things.

barb

"Cristian Croitoru" > writes:
>Can you tell us how to use the chokos?
>What dishes are used in?
>I have seen them at the veggie shop but I have no idea what are for and the
>shop keeper could not enlighten me either..

Ah, woe! Almost all chokos sold in supermarkets are far too old and
tough; they are good for little else except planting! I don't know why
growers leave them on the vine until they are well past their prime.
You will be disappointed if you try to cook most of the ones on sale.

Not to give up hope, but if you pick them over you might find one or
two that don't have any sign of a shoot poking out at the thick end,
and you can try cooking those. It is best to grow your own, or get some
from a neighbour, so you can pick them while they are young and tender,
about half the size they would reach if left to reach old age.

Quite bland by themselves, a bit of pepper will perk up a steamed choko.
But my favourite is pan roasted, cooked in the fat from roast beef until
the choko is nicely just browned, and eaten with gravy and a sprinkling of
salt. Can I make this emoticon do double duty as mouth-watering? :-b
--
John Savage (news address invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup)

hi all
A new way (instead of the usual white sauce) is to cut the choko into chip
size chunks,
blanch them in salted water,leaving them still al dente,toss them in a pan
that has
some honey,fresh ginger,and some chillie.Much better than the white glug.
Mathew
"Terry Collins" > wrote in message
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> Rheilly Phoull wrote:
> >
> > "Terry Collins" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Cristian Croitoru wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Can you tell us how to use the chokos?
> > > > What dishes are used in?
> > > As a boiled, steamed or baked vegetable is basically how we use them.
> > > chips?
> >
> > Go well in a stir fry as well, folks used to make chutney and jam with
them
> > as well.
>
> Well, I couldn't give all the answers {:-).
> I know they are used in chutney and pickles.
> I don't think I've ever used them in stir fry though.

I wrote:
>Not to give up hope, but if you pick them over you might find one or
>two that don't have any sign of a shoot poking out at the thick end,
>and you can try cooking those. It is best to grow your own, or get some
>from a neighbour, so you can pick them while they are young and tender,
>about half the size they would reach if left to reach old age.
>
>Quite bland by themselves, a bit of pepper will perk up a steamed choko.

Cook the choko with the skin still on it. If it is young this will stop
it falling apart and you can eat the skin, too. If it is not young then
the skin will be tough but you can scrape the soft steamed flesh off it
with your knife as you eat.
--
John Savage (news address invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup)

>A new way (instead of the usual white sauce)

>that has
>some honey,fresh ginger,and some chillie.Much better than the white glug.

Yes , if you must eat choko,s then this way is not to bad.
They are also useful for thickining currys, and soups.
Mylo.