What is this long green thing?

[prunus]

En gourd?

 

[rutabowa]

Cut it open and see what the flesh looks like. Then you'll know what it is

yes CUT IT. CUT IT OPEN.

 

[gentlegreen]

why not peel off the barcode label ?

 

[prunus]

why not peel off the barcode label ?

Oi. Go and spoil someone else's fun.

 

[gentlegreen]

My suggestion was a squirting cucumber, but it would probably have gone off by now !

 

[sojourner]

My suggestion was a squirting cucumber, but it would probably have gone off by now !

is that a new product by Ann Summers?

 

[madzone]

If it's a variety of courgette, then it'll have its own name, surely? Because it's not what people here would call a courgette.

It's definitely a squash of some kind though, you can tell by the stump

 

[prunus]

is that a new product by Ann Summers?

Obsessed, you are

 

[scifisam]

why not peel off the barcode label ?

The product label is completely stuck to the barcode label, so you can't find out the name that way.

I can't really tell if it looks courgettey on the inside - I haevn't eaten courgettes for years because they ming.

 

[scifisam]

It bleeds orange.

 

[GarfieldLeChat]

I bought it because it was in the discount section and I felt like trying something different, but I have no idea what it is or how to cook it.

boil in the bag boning tool

 

[quimcunx]

Cut it open and see what the flesh looks like. Then you'll know what it is

Best way to find out if a melon is ripe too.

 

[rutabowa]

It bleeds orange.

ohh shit, i would just throw that thing away and pretend the whole thing never happened.

 

[Melinda]

It bleeds orange.

Nosey Bonk suffered a calamitous injury

 

[gentlegreen]

It may be a :-

Lagenaria siceraria

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabash

 

[RockandorRoll]

I've no idea what they are but i bought one and put it in a buttery mild curry, worked pretty well.

 

[madzone]

It bleeds orange.

It is clearly a giant, menstruating gherkin

 

[mrs quoad]

Putting the duh back in DUDHI!

 

[scifisam]

TY Gentle Green and Mrs Quoad! It's a dudhi, calabash or bottle gourd - the vegetable with MPD.

 

[contadino]

It's definitely not a courgette. It's too light in colour, too smooth, and too heavy. It proably is some sort of marrow, but that's a pretty wide field.

Nope, it's a courgette. Trieste at a guess, but there are loads of white varieties of courgette.

http://www.realseeds.co.uk/courgettes.html

And it's a sorry looking specimen because it looks pretty battered.

 

[scifisam]

Nope, it's a courgette. Trieste at a guess, but there are loads of white varieties of courgette.

http://www.realseeds.co.uk/courgettes.html

And it's a sorry looking specimen because it looks pretty battered.

No, it's a dudhi. It's not the same shape as the trieste in that link, but it is exactly the same as the picture of the dudhi.

 

[gaijingirl]

I've had this as kanpyou in Japan - never realised it was calabash - just always referred to it as gourd... (in English)..

 

[Oriole]

I looks like an Indian gourd to me so I second the "dudhi"

There's a nice recipe for cooking it here if you like curries http://www.orugallu.net/vinDu/?p=34

 

[Oriole]

forgot to say... the recipe calls for a pinch of Asafeotida. If you have not used it before make sure you go for the less is more option and don't get tempted to up it to more than a pinch, it is very pungent (it is supposed to be a useful addition to most dishes with pulses, making them easier to digest).

 

[dessiato]

roast it, then scoop out the insides and eat it.

Don't know what it is, but it looks like a squah, hence the cooking suggestion.

 

[lang rabbie]

I'd have said calabash, but it appears that Tesco are actually selling them as dudhi primarily for indian recipes

UK Develops More Taste For Indian Vegetables
by Nikhil Sundaram June 29, 2008

Traditional Indian vegetables are being grown extensively across Britain and being imported in large quantities as supermarkets cater to high demand for a range of exotic varieties.

The Indian vegetables being stocked by supermarket najor Tesco in 700 of its stores across Britain include 'mooli'(radish),'bhindi'(okra) and 'dudhi'(calabash).

Experts say the current high demand is driven by the presence in Britain of large communities with origins in the Indian sub-continent and frequent visits by British tourists to India by British tourists to India where they develop a taste for exotic vegetables.

A Tesco spokesperson said consumers are no longer satisfied with traditional fare such as potatoes,carrots and peas.

Jonathan Corbett,Tesco's ethnic produce buyer,said,"There is no better example of how multicultural Britain has become than through the rich diversity of the foods we can now buy in our supermarkets.Demand for exotic produce is rocketing.

"Until a few years ago,we stocked just a handful of the more popular exotic vegetables such as sweet potatoes,butternut squash,chillis and yams,and these were sold in areas where there were large ethnic communities.But now that multiculturalism has crossed over to our mainstream business,and we're finding that shoppers are becoming more adventurous".

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They even briefed Daily Mail readers on what to do with them: