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On Sat, 31 May 2003 03:31:50 -0700, Bill
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Are the chokos sold in markets mature enough to plant?

Bill


G'day G'day Bill,

That's a good point. The ones I see have a single soft white seed.

When growing bitter melon I had to wait till one slipped through that
had orange with dark seeds inside.

Does anyone know what a mature choko seed looks like?

Best wishes,
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On Mon, 02 Jun 2003 13:19:22 GMT, (Frogleg)
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On Fri, 30 May 2003 13:48:30 GMT, "ares" wrote:

I recently tried them; they're very good similar to a winter squash, and I'm
wondering if they're easy to grow or not; they're common in the stores here,
not cheap tho'; the site shows they're selling an embryo; hard to tell if
it's a tree fruit or a squash like plant; I think there's a seed in the
middle of them; maybe I should buy another and try planting it. (I enjoyed
drawing a face on mine and it looked like a little toothless face).

You might enjoy the book "Play with your Food" by Saxton Freymann &
Joost Elffers. It's a lovely photo book with veg and fruit treated to
some alterations to make very interesing portraits. When I first heard
of it, I thought it was about creative garnishing, which it kind of
is, but more than that and a lot of fun to read. My library has it.

G'day G'day Frogleg,

Thanks. At the moment I am including diced choko in with other
vegetables and steam them in a covered oven tray with other
vegetables. One glass, even half a glass, of water suffices.

I love them with a pinch of nutmeg.

Best wishes,
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Quentin Grady ^ ^ /
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On 2 Jun 2003 13:02:52 -0700, (ROBERT O'REILLY)
wrote:

IS this the same as a mirliton? i see it in the subject line, but
don't see a mention to it (mirliton) in any posts. the picture on the
mangrove garden link looks like what we here in louisiana know as
mirliton. if so, it is very popular here and grows rather easily.

G'day G'day Robert,

Thanks for the information re growing them in Louisiana.
In New Zealand they are always known as chokos.

Best wishes,

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Quentin Grady ^ ^ /
New Zealand, #,# [
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"... and the blind dog was leading."

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