Now that the fruits on this vine are a little larger, it's obvious
these boogers aren't going to be cukes. The foliage is exactly like
cucumber. The fruits started out small and pimply as cukes will, but
they're growing up fat, mottled, and with definite tubercles and
horns.

They're kiwano melons! The laugh's on me. My compost heap gets all the
leftover props from our college-level Economic Botany lab, so it's
full of exotic propagules. Since I had a taro root sprout last year,
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised to find kiwanos. Apparently zone 8b
is just fine for them.

I've tasted them and don't care for them as is. Does anyone have a
good recipe?

Monique Reed
College Station