The Full Bitter Melon Experience! - Growing, Harvesting, and Tasting from My Garden

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Today we'll be growing Bitter Melon, also called bitter gourd from seed to harvest, exploring the interesting plants as we go, then harvesting the fruits at different stages before cooking and giving them a taste.
We'll also discover the orange stage of these fruits including the red fleshy arils around the seeds.
These unique fruits which are also know as Balsam pear, Bitter squash, African cucumber, Ampalaya, Foo gwa, Mara or karavila, are a nutritious and unique vegetable used in many different dishes. They grow on a vine that does well in subtropical and tropical climates, but can also be grown during the Summer season of warm temperate climates.
They're fun to grow and make for an interesting surprise in the garden that will provide you with a unique taste experience and nutritious food.
I hope you enjoy the journey of growing bitter melons from start to finish with me :)
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0:00 Intro
0:37 Starting the seeds
1:08 Planting seedlings & building trellis
3:28 Giving seaweed fertilizer
3:48 Plant growth & flowers
6:01 Baby bitter melons forming
6:23 Harvesting bitter melons
7:01 Cooking with bitter melon
8:41 Taste test
9:34 Orange fruits and red arils
11:26 Traditional medicine
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@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Hey guys, thanks for watching! To see me grow some more cool fruits, check out this video here :) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z9thd8WBsZ7bqqM.html Hope you're all doing well. -Kalem

@MitchK_ Жыл бұрын

Hope you're doing well too, Kalem! Thanks for sharing and posting all the cool facts about the Bitter Melon and the similarities other plants have with it! I love learning all these fascinating things plants can do🌱 🌍

@Madhankumar-ev8hr Жыл бұрын

The nightmare of my life, I hate eating it but my brother likes it

@runar4993 Жыл бұрын

Do you know kiwanos? I had a few plants and these grew so incredibly fast in Belgium

@andrewgoodbody2121 Жыл бұрын

S great to see you on tictok too, been following you since before you got all buff 😂

@siedaferdous8072 Жыл бұрын

Please do QnA video

@jenniferk6697 Жыл бұрын

You have to be the most organized person ever to keep track of all your growing from seed projects that take months and years.

@gruseph Жыл бұрын

He is a npc I don't think he is real. Bro was the first chatgpt

@daveking-sandbox9263 Жыл бұрын

I use theses all the time in my salads. They are great for keeping your insulin levels down, Great for type two diabetics 🙂

@ChiefofSinnersThoughIBe Жыл бұрын

Diabetics have a problem producing/absorbing insulin and typically need more than produced by their body.

@SuperSasky Жыл бұрын

In the Caribbean the leaves are often boiled and drunk to help with diabetes control and other wise

@amano6979 Жыл бұрын

I eat them when I lost my appetite. yes they're bitter but any foods you eat after that taste good. but that also depend on how you prepare them, if you not used to how it taste you can expect nuisance for a half day😅

@michelle76678 8 ай бұрын

So true i make juice from it@@SuperSasky

@HmunmawiiVanchhawng 5 ай бұрын

and Neem leaves as well

@shantim7740 Жыл бұрын

I loved this so much, bitter melons (called karela in hindi) are something we had when I was growing up in India but I didn't like them as a kid! I love when I find them in beggie markets in NZ, my main way of cooking them is with lots of tomatoes and garlic, sauted untils it's soft and almost... caramelisted. Sometimes I'd add a bit of golden syrup or date syrup to add some sweetness to the dish

@zeeblez Жыл бұрын

You can take a look at a Japanese dish called "goya chanpuru" - which is a bitter melon stir-fry. Pretty good, cos you can end up adding onions, scrambled eggs & shreded pork - and goes well on top of steamed rice

@tortron Жыл бұрын

We have something similar everytime we go to my inlaws

@GuagoFruit Жыл бұрын

If you can add some dashi and a mashed up salted egg in it, it's even better.

@FUGGLEmose Жыл бұрын

Filipinos have a similar dish!

@davidhoyt9835 2 ай бұрын

I found this interesting and fun. Thanks! I was introduced to the bitter melon (the Chinese variety) several years ago by both a Malaysian friend and a Taiwanese colleague. I love it! I usually stir fry the melon with oyster sauce and some onion. It's a great side dish to other Asian foods. Bitter melon is also good in scrambled eggs. I like bitter taste; much like Italian broccoli rabe. I grew it easily in Connecticut (USA) but now that I live in south Florida (USA) it's even easier and it really thrives in our sandy, alkaline "soil" (like beach sand, truly). I have long followed your channel here and enjoy your informative and entertaining production. Thanks, mate!

@tonyskitchenreal Жыл бұрын

I'm always so hyped when i see a new Upload of you Kalem! We all know that means quality time! Thank you for your effort and all the time you are spending to make those videos. ☀️🌴

@MuddasirShah 26 күн бұрын

As a kid I used to stay hungry when mum cooked these. Now they’re my favourite. Here’s my mum’s recepie. Try it and you’ll love it absolutely. 1. Cut into thin pieces (exactly as you did) 2. Sprinkle salt and then rinse 3. Slightly fry them, take them out from oil like french fries 4. Cut onion, fry that in fresh oil until the turn golden brown. I repeat don’t use the same oil from step 3. 5. Now add the half friend gourd to the onions. Sprinkle salt to taste. Add chicken if you’re not a vegetarian. (Slightly fry chicken before with little salt) 6. Add 2 green chillies don’t cut them. 7. Let them cook and then serve with roti 🫓 Amazing taste, after ladyfinger this is my second fav dish ❤

@happymusics 11 ай бұрын

I grew to really like these bitter melons after adulthood because it reminded me of childhood. These go great with pre-stir fried beef which is added in to the cooked bitter melon w/ garlic & black beans. Make a light sauce at the end with water , soy sauce & corn starch to mix in all the flavors.

@JoinInDiscussion 10 ай бұрын

Hi, Bitter Gauard is very good for diabetes. I rub salt on these and leave it for few hours to take the extra bitterness out before cooking. You can also air fry them instead of stir frying.

@jackdaniels4547 Жыл бұрын

the sheep in the bamboo forest shot in the background was nice ❤️

@ashpjangde Жыл бұрын

One recipe I suggest. Slit the bitter gourd to make it like a pouch, fill pickle spices in it then knot thin threads to it. Fry till it become almost black. It really tastes good.

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the idea! :)

@gopalsamant2099 9 ай бұрын

In a stir fry we generally add some jaggery to it and another optional addition can be roasted peanut powder. It compliments the bitterness well. Also you can cut it into circular discs and make crispy chips in a air fryer or oven.

@LuqmanAbdullahMohammed3005 Жыл бұрын

🇹🇹 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 🇹🇹 we call that carillie... You can stir fry it but what we do is cut it up nice and thin and salt it and put it out in the sun to dry a bit so that the bitterness can be reduced before cooking .. it can be cooked with some salted fish or any meat of choice ...

@eddiethinhvuong1607 Жыл бұрын

I'm from Vietnam, and I absolutely adore bittermelon. There are two types that I know, the normal one and the "forest" one. The latter is much much bitter, and it's also my favourite. Stir-fried bittermelon with beaten eggs Bittermelon stuffed pork soup Fridged raw bittermelon with shredded pork Are all go for dish, experiement them if you will. They are all super delicious 😁 Edit: Your type in the video is what we call forest bittermelon

@maxineventham7397 7 ай бұрын

❤😊

@AleshaOpry Жыл бұрын

Stir-fried Bitter Gourd with Egg very delicious 😋😋

@hopefullyhigh Жыл бұрын

Kind of off topic but also central to your whole channel, I have a guava seedling thats probably 3 weeks old at this point. I know its just a plant but the long germination time and high humidity to start it kind of intimidated me at first but your channel really helped show me how much wasnt just possible but easily attainable. Thank you for sharing and inspiring me, i can't wait to eat my own freshly harvested guavas 😋

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thant's awesome, hope it keeps growing well! :)

@coenvore1675 Жыл бұрын

Some of the best videos on the platform!

@rodneylane7640 Жыл бұрын

That was professional, informative and highly entertaining... In fact up to your usual standard. Its obvious from how well these are put together just how much effort goes into making these videos. Thanks for the great content and looking forward to the next one.

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Cheers Rodney!

@CarlosAlejandro.-ke6gr Жыл бұрын

Im building my house and next to my house there is an overgrown plot of land, i literally can't stop this weird cucumber plant to grow around the steel rebar of my house columns. Its crazy how fast it grows back.

@XLittleXRed Жыл бұрын

So interesting, and good to know they can be grown here in NZ! I enjoyed eating them in Okinawa, saw a few other people mention their dish goya champuru, it's a very nice way to eat bitter melon I found :) Another very interesting ingredient you can try in Okinawa is sea grapes!

@annhans3535 Жыл бұрын

Always learning so much from you. Bitter melons are one of my fav veggies. I normally slice them and soak them with salt to get some of the bitterness out. The dark green ones are really bitter. Squeeze the extra liquid out and wash the slices out and squeeze some more. Leave to dry overnight to dry it out in open air. Salute in onions, garlic and pepper and lots of tomatoes. Salute really well. The green ones might need some water added to steam them well. Eat with rice. It takes time to get used to eating it but after a while you will like it. And in the Caribbean we put small tiny shrimp in it and fry it up. It's even more delicious that way. Never had it when it turned yellow.

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips!

@sarah_farm 5 ай бұрын

My grandmother grew up in the countryside of the state of Virgi,. She and my great-grandmother used to make pig feet in the oven. It's awesome to see how others on the other side of the globe in a different culture make them. And it's an honor to have you visit our channel, we can discuss more about our experiences in harvesting and building farms.

@DonisP. Жыл бұрын

This looks like Asosi in Haïti. The leaves are used in a tincture. Also infused with homemade moonshine to battle all sorts of ailments.

@suzclarke Жыл бұрын

Calaica.... childhood memories of the Honduran in my life 🥛

@williamng708 Жыл бұрын

You can deep-fry the bitter melon and then cook with the salty egg York ! Super delicious ❤

@damianrhea8875 Жыл бұрын

Thank you !!! Your this crop of Indian bitter melons are beautiful ! Indeed, bitter melon incites different extreme opinions about it - either love it or hate it. I know indigenous Asians who hate it and westerners who love it. It is almost an acquired taste. It is great in curry - soupy or stew-like or dry, Thai or Indian, coconut-milk-based or tomato-and-masala, etc.; Chinese cook it in soup, stir fry with different fermented pastes, summer cold salad, etc.; Japanese love it in a very famous Okinawa dish of sauté with egg and Spam (!); etc.. Try them! Bitter melon is weird - indeed - and fun and great.

@peterpain6625 Жыл бұрын

Coconut... for sure. As a kind of "counterweight" to the heavy sweetness of the coconut i can imagine this to taste great. Thanks.

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks that's great to know :)

@damianrhea8875 Жыл бұрын

@@TheKiwiGrower You are very welcome! Your videos are very fun and great!

@nazimchowdhury7307 Ай бұрын

One of my favourite vegetable. Cook with onions. Fry the onions until golden brown, and then add garlic, tumeric, chilly. the sweetness of the caramelised onion counter balances the bitterness.

@altafhasen4739 10 ай бұрын

The are my favorite if cooked right. The best way to salt treat the half moons is to leave them salted for a few hours and then repeat the process making sure to squeeze them dry. Then after frying them add a good amount of chopped tomatoes and fry the mixture until tomatoes become a paste and bitter melons start to get a little golden brown. Best enjoyed on a sandwich or with a flatbread. You can also cook this recipe with minced meat in it,

@benburns5995 Жыл бұрын

Hi Kalem, thanks for this great video of growing Bitter Melon seeds from start to harvest. I have never heard of this type of fruit so it was very informative. I must say that with only 4 plants you sure had quite a few Bitter Melons to harvest. Hopefully you will find a way to make use of your harvest. The dark Green color and bumpy texture was sure different. I wonder if you would have less of a problem with bugs eating them with the bitterness of the fruit. They actually look more appetizing when they turn orange with the bright red seeds inside. The red seeds remind me of Pomegranate seeds, similar color. I live in Northwest Indiana so we are just started Spring and heading into Summer. Looking forward to starting my own garden.

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Cheers Ben! Enjoy the Summer and starting your new garden :)

@CathyCawood Ай бұрын

I live in Japan, and bitter melon is popular in summer here. There is a dish from Okinawa called goya champuru which has tofu, egg and bitter melon, and I make that fairly often. But my favorite way to eat it is thinly sliced on pizza. I think the bitter flavor goes well with cheese and tomato. I'm just about to try growing it on my apartment balcony for the first time. It may be too windy, but it's worth a try.

@sayedsheik4722 11 ай бұрын

Hi Kalem, Than you so much for the amazing and educational videos over the years! 🙂Haven't seen any new videos the past few months, hope you have some great content to share. Hope you and everyone else there are well.

@moni_som Жыл бұрын

Karela /bitter gaurd is our family favourite vegetable ...my parents were shocked when they realised we their kids love it .most of the kid hate because of its bitter taste ....but we love it

@EvannaLily123 2 ай бұрын

Two weeks ago I saw this fruit/vegetable (the green one) in an oriental supermarket and there was no sign or anything telling you what it was etc. Now I stumbled across your channel and this video in particular and know what it is. So I just wanted to say thank you😊 Greetings from Europe🌍

@7tonton 5 ай бұрын

Add bitten egg during cooking then eat with steamed rice. Yum!

@thaik7474 Жыл бұрын

If you can,please show us how you treat the pragues in yours trees. I have this problem and i'm losing so many trees because of them. Sending love from Brazil 💛💚

@naumikaur7459 10 ай бұрын

Very interesting, love these and also managed to grow them last 2 years in the UK. I do find that almost all the recipes I am used to ( tasted growing up) have some intense flavours masking the bitterness to some extent. My absolute favourite is everything u had in your recipe plus sautéed onion and tomatoes. Start with oil onion garlic ginger ,add onion and when it’s brown add tomatoes . When the6 go soft add Bitter melon and cook till soft. Thank u for this amazing video.

@PhearomLs 8 ай бұрын

My favorite fruits and vegetables I always plants and harvesting this and vegetables too And thanks for sharing this great techniques to me ❤❤

@cherylwin9364 3 ай бұрын

THE GREEN BITTER MELON TASTE LIKE EAR WAX….🤣😂🤣

@NaNaM1026 9 ай бұрын

I feel like you just squeezed out all the benefits of this vegetable. If you stir fry (without all the salt and squeezing of juice) with bean sprouts and tofu it’s delicious.

@cptntwinkletoes Жыл бұрын

Based off of your description of the flavour I'd be keen to try it paired with a sweeter vegetable, maybe added to some carrot and capsicum in a stir-fry.

@honeybadger8942 Жыл бұрын

Try to harvest them when they're mature, just before they're ripened.

@pinayladyoz8044 7 ай бұрын

We Filipinos cook bitter melon in many ways. I wish you add 2 beaten eggs with your bitter melon when you sauté it. Filipinos use the young leaves of the bitter melon for soup. We also mix bitter Mellon with eggs or prawns and we also make that into bitter melon salad. If you don't like bitter melon sell it to Asians as most Asians love Bitter melon.

@aidancroft8881 Жыл бұрын

Always a treat, Kalem! Hope things are going well 💞💞💞

@demitv001 Жыл бұрын

In Jamaica we have a plant similar to this one called Cerasee. The fruits and leaves look the same. Only difference is that the ones here, their fruits are smaller. We use the plant here as a medicinal herb to make tea.

@OurFamily- 8 ай бұрын

Its the same plant. There are a bunch of different varieties smaller bigger more warts less warts etc.

@jamesjacks9169 Жыл бұрын

I second the comment below however, I was taught a Filipino recipe with pork belly and scrambled egg. I like to add ginger and tumeric as well. I also adapted it to a fried rice dish using any leftovers from the refrigerator with scrambled egg. It can be a very well-balanced dish using all the five attributes (salt, sour, bitter, sweet and umami.)

@mabuhayPinay 8 ай бұрын

Great idea for fried rice! I'll try this some time.

@BeeBlot 9 ай бұрын

This was great! I wound up with some this year, didn't do anything special beyond the initial soil amendments and they are very happy. I clicked on this because you discuss the ripe fruit. Thanks for sharing!

@deanndenny27 3 ай бұрын

I am from Guyana, South America

@fallenangel14_ Жыл бұрын

Being filipino, this is one of my favorite vegetables. I also like stirfrying it with eggs, tomatoes, ground meats or even canned tuna..

@lm-hf3gd Жыл бұрын

Must be extraordinary to live in the Garden of Eden.....where so many extraordinary plants can be grown......

@gardenwitheden Жыл бұрын

That's my channel name 😅 I'm in the same country as Kalem (New Zealand)

@Braihei 2 ай бұрын

I love to eat bitter melon, it's good for health.

@316Studios31 Жыл бұрын

Literally stared growing these the day before you posted this vidio

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Awesome, good luck with them!

@NotSpicyNotYummy Жыл бұрын

One of my favourite vegetable. We roast it in charcoal then turn it into a salad with onion tomatoes chillies salt en pepper and a little vinegar. Or sauté it like how you did just add cherry tomatoes then when half done pour in beaten eggs. Filipinos favourite dish. 🎉

@lynnvasquez4425 7 ай бұрын

I love bitter gourd. I always plant all year here in my garden in Brazil

@GuagoFruit Жыл бұрын

I didn't even know they can go yellow. I only ever seen them green and never bothered to think whether they develop past that stage.

@Raoof1184 Жыл бұрын

Bitter gourd green-sliced circles, washed and add chilli powder, saffron powder, salt, sun dry them until crisp, then deep dry. Eat plain with alcohol or rice and curry

@fernandoferdinand4866 11 ай бұрын

Supersubstantial and healthy food. My dad used to grow those in our garden and would naked us kids eat it either raw as a salad or sautéed with either pork, chicken, beef, or shrimp...yum!!..❤🌟🇨🇦🙏👍

@hongbeaven4020 28 күн бұрын

I usually cut it in cylindrical round and stuff them with ground pork or chicken and spices, cook them in chicken broth, yumm

@amysteggles Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the inspiring content!

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the support Amy, I really appreciate it! :)

@KingPootato Жыл бұрын

I live in Bangladesh and we call it korola here its bitter but yummy 😋.

@socloseagain4298 Жыл бұрын

Hi, do u have a video on how to prune a young kiwi? I have bought 3 last year which were already 1 year old ( only 2 of them kiwis made it through the winter ) and now 1 of the 2 has grown alot! And I'm wondering should I prune or not? 🙂

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Hey, sorry I don't have a video on that yet, but feel free to thin it out a bit if its getting a bit wild and tangled

@socloseagain4298 Жыл бұрын

@@TheKiwiGrower The kiwi actually wrapped itself around a metal pole I placed for support 😅I did not expect that, I thought it would grow in a straight line like a vine but I was mistaken haha 🙂

@nicolasvandermerwe9628 Жыл бұрын

Great video love the work

@seanjamescameron Жыл бұрын

They certainly looks fascinating.

@nildaotero2933 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting video. We have a way smaller (cundeamor) version in Puerto Rico. I remember sucking on the sweet seeds of the ripe fruit as a child.

@deanndenny27 3 ай бұрын

In my country we cook it with meat, chicken or beef. You season your meat very well, add a little oil in the pan and cook until the meat is tender and golden then cut the bitter melon just like you did (the same way with covering the melon with the salt for 15 to 25 minutes) then throw the melon over the cooked meat and lower the heat, cover the pot, and season it to taste. We eat it with rice or boiled provisions. It is tasty and it also clean your blood and kidneys.

@nasreenfatima4085 8 ай бұрын

Appreciate your efforts

@peterpain6625 Жыл бұрын

Those look really interesting. Really want to try them now. But i suppose you need so scrape deeper into the inner. Like getting all the white stuff out? Imagining them with some Onion added to the Garlic and chilli for a rounder taste. Thanks for sharing!

@simplysimple7628 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorites. My kids like them too. Very good for you. We love them in any pork dish. I saute some pork with lots of garlic, onion and eggplant. I like to blanch the bittermelon in a separate pot of boiling water for about ten minutes or until tender. Drain the water, and add it to the pan of pork and eggplants. I’d even go as far as saying that this simple dish is my top 3 all time foods👍🏼😋😋 So ono with hot rice. Also the young shoots of the vines can be eaten also. Add to soups. Love them🙏🏼

@matthewjamestaylor Жыл бұрын

I love your videos. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.

@mabuhayPinay 8 ай бұрын

Subbed! I like how much info you provide, now I know about brachts & arils. The trellis you made was awesome - I will modify it according to the materials I have & space availability. One thing to note: if you let a fruit turn yellow, it has generated mature seeds inside and has already signalled to the plant that it is the end of the growing season. This yellow fruit explodes to expose the seeds which will drop to the ground by gravity or wind (hence, you have volunteer plants next season). This signalling unfortunately tells the plant not to produce more fruit (and it is irreversible). It's the same phenomenon for cucumbers. Cukes have to be picked young so the plant can keep making fruit -- a survival mechanism. Now at the end of the growing period, allow the bitter melon to turn yellow so you can collect the seeds -- but enjoy the red arils first!

@MySinglemom 8 ай бұрын

Wow, I love your ideas! I love bitter melon or what we call ampalaya where I grew up. I love eating the leaves with chicken soup.

@rockstarthegamer8202 3 ай бұрын

Your plants are good

@cassandras2068 Жыл бұрын

Clicked on this cos I hate bitter melon and wanted to see if you enjoyed them lol. Really liked learning about the different plant bracts 👍

@MitchK_ Жыл бұрын

Yes, another video! So glad to see you post a video, I was worried for a bit.😅 Love all these awesome plants man

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Cheers Mitch, yeah was a bit of a break!

@JulianJP21 Жыл бұрын

Year by year always great...... very thanks Man 👍💪 i hope to see more videos like a past year!!

@cobnick Жыл бұрын

It’s so nice to finally see a new video from you!

@nasreenfatima4085 8 ай бұрын

My most favorite vegetable

@huyt285 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorites vegetable to eat, whether it’s stirred fried or in soup.

@rampatel3408 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos bro😊. 👍

@glenaspeslagh6114 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video. I will try growing this plant myself; you’ve inspired me

@yilengyang3325 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful

@palestine2795 Жыл бұрын

Just got to work. Cannot wait to watch this on my break. Looking forward to it now even more now.

@asiatou4533 2 ай бұрын

In Suriname we call it Sopropo and is one of our favorite vegetables. If you want our recipe look then for Sopropo on youtube, cause we cook it with other herbs

@PeterEntwistle Жыл бұрын

They are really cool-looking Kalem, I'm sure there are some good recipes out there for it. I noticed you have some banana plants growing in the background, I would love to see a video about them 😉

@thedivide3688 Жыл бұрын

Bitter Melon is very good stuffed with ground pork, onion, mushroom. Leave the bitter melon whole just stuffed. Cook it in beef or chicken stock. Add. lil fish sauce or soy sauce for umami. Once soft and tender and cooks for few hours you have cooked bitter melon in a wonderful soup base you can pour over rice.

@maicohi8737 Жыл бұрын

Grew up eating it. I can’t believe you tasted it raw, you’re a lot braver then me hahaha

@perkyowl3792 Жыл бұрын

Mate you never disappoint

@pelenaka 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video. 1st Summer growing Okinawan Bitter Melon 8n American Zone 3/4. It's been a wet & smog filled (Canadian Wildfires) garden season. I have so far harvested 2 Melons. I'm planning on dehydrating then pondering for use in smoothies. Hopefully it's as good as I heard for Diabetes. I had no idea I can use leaves & roots.

@Betty-qd8st 11 ай бұрын

I wonder if I could use that structure for tomatoes?

@raveraxx Жыл бұрын

It's pretty common here in India. Love your videos

@victoriachap4560 Жыл бұрын

They are delicious pickled!!! Kinda of reminds me of olive.

@andrewfong4216 11 ай бұрын

Nice. Traditionally Chinese people cook it with black bean and garlic sauce. Also goes well with a little pork. I'm attempting to grow them this year, too.