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Today my brother brought me a piece of gourd.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 9 Jun 21

They had gone to see my SILs brother and he gave them a big piece of gourd. I suppose they did not know what to do with all of it so he brought me some. There´s not much love lost between my SIL and me so I don´t think it was...

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Musical Instrument.

DE @DaddyEvil (174430) • United States 16 Feb 21

I have a hand made musical instrument that was given to me by a friend. When he was six his parents went to Peru as missionaries. My friend returned to the US when he was 18. I met him shortly after that when he started working...

musical instrument

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Time for some change

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169474) • United States 31 Oct 18

Lots of people I know save their change. I do too, to a certain extent. This is a painted "apple gourd". I have seen them painted to look like apples and other things. I bought this at a yard sale. Thinking I might sell it, then...

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Fruit In The Wilderness of the Philippines

Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 20 Feb 16

The wild bitter gourd is considered fruit of a vegetable. In the cordillera area in the Philippines, this gourd is the common menu in the local households. For sure, children would not even like to eat such due to its bitter...

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Is it possible to remove bitterness?

Professor2010 @Professor2010 (20156) • India 28 Apr 13

Stuff like cucumber ridged gourd are used as fruit and vegetables. But at times they taste bitter; bitter gourd is bitter always. Usually to remove bitterness in cucumber the ends are cut as slice and rubbed over respective...

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My encounter with a pumpkin

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 1 Nov 12

Two days ago I had my first encounter with pumpkins. In my country there are all sorts of gourds, but not the orange ones. This year, our supermarket decided to give another step towards the american cultural colonization and...

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Bottle Gourds

Your Highness Emperor Albert Whisker @CaptAlbertWhisker (32760) • Calgary, Alberta 7 Feb 12

I think in India,China and most Asian countries this vegetable is used for stir fry and curries,Its related to melons and squash. In my country is also used for cooking. I just found out that in some cultures, bottle gourds is not...

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Spaghetti Squash

Trace86 @Trace86 (5030) • United States 17 Sep 10

My husband brought me home a spaghetti squash. Now what do I do with it? I remember my mom cooking these a long time ago. I can't ask her though, as she passed away in 1993. Any recipes or suggestions for this lovely squash?

spaghetti squash

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Gourds Growing in Our Garden

byfaithonly @byfaithonly (10698) • United States 30 Jul 08

We are actually growning 4 different varieties of gourds in our garden this year. One I am most excited about are the birdhouse gourds which are doing great this year. After they mature it will take several months for them to dry...

birdhouse gourd

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Gourd Art Community

auburndreams @auburndreams (838) • United States 12 Dec 06

I have met some wonderful people in the gourd art community. I've been to two gourd festivals this year and I've been out to the Welburn gourd farm a number of times. I like to go on opening weekend when the new crop comes out and...

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Do you eat Bitter Melon or Bitter Gourd (a.k.a. Ampalaya)?

jillann @jillann (779) • Philippines 29 Nov 06

Do you eat Bitter Melon or Bitter Gourd (a.k.a. Ampalaya)? Ampalaya (Tagalog) or Amargozo (Aklanon). Known in the west as Chinese bitter melon or bitter gourd, ampalaya became popular in the news recently because of its putative...

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