"Dave Hill" wrote in message
oups.com...
This year I bought a Veg from a market stall in Malta, it is in the
marrow family. I think a friend called it the 100 year fruit? but I
wont swear to this.
The stall I bought it of spoke no English, and the Maltese name name
for it just went in one ear and out the other..
http://www.twango.com/channel/Taffy4u2.Unknown

When I bought it it had young shoots growing from the stalk end.
The fruit is very dense and a heavily pitted surface.
[...]

It's probably a choko, aka chayote. Waste of space if you ask me, but
here are some recipes:
http://www.burkesbackyard.com.au/200...rchives?p=1320

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