Bitter Melon (Also called Balsam Pear or Bitter Gourd)

[Guest guest]

Has anyone cooked with bitter melon? A fellow I work with mentioned it to me

and recommended frying it. He eats his seasoned with meat in a wrap. It

proposed to have an impact on lowering/controlling blood sugar.

Thanks - Carol

[Guest guest]

When I lived in China, bitter melon would be stirred fried with a

little meat for flavor. Sometimes with spring onion or tiny dried baby

shrimp. Occasionally in clear soup. I almost bought some today. It

has a different taste//\\that I miss.

Sholan

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> Has anyone cooked with bitter melon? A fellow I work with mentioned

it to me and recommended frying it. He eats his seasoned with meat

in a wrap. It proposed to have an impact on lowering/controlling

blood sugar.

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> Thanks - Carol

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[Guest guest]

I used to grow Bitter Melon, but I never used it myself. All my oriental

customers would say that it had a strong, bitter flavor and you needed

to cook it in something with a strong flavored sauce to cover the

bitterness. It's something you really have to get used to before you can

enjoy it. The bitterness is because it has natural quinine in it. If you

are old enough to remember the " Bromo Quinine " cold tablets, you will

know the taste. I had them as a kid, and would try to swallow them

without tasting them.{{{{{

Carol K

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> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 12:31:09 -0000

> From: " sholan5 " <sholan5@...>

>Subject: Re: Bitter Melon (Also called Balsam Pear or Bitter Gourd)

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>When I lived in China, bitter melon would be stirred fried with a

>little meat for flavor. Sometimes with spring onion or tiny dried baby

>shrimp. Occasionally in clear soup. I almost bought some today. It

>has a different taste//\\that I miss.

>

>Sholan

>

>

>--- In , carolnpepa <carolnpepa@y...>

>wrote:

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>>Has anyone cooked with bitter melon? A fellow I work with mentioned

>>

>>

>it to me and recommended frying it. He eats his seasoned with meat

>in a wrap. It proposed to have an impact on lowering/controlling

>blood sugar.

>

>

>>

>>Thanks - Carol

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[Guest guest]

Prevention in the diet. Quinine cures malaria.

> The bitterness is because it has natural quinine in it. If you

> are old enough to remember the " Bromo Quinine " cold tablets, you will

> know the taste. I had them as a kid, and would try to swallow them

> without tasting them.{{{{{

Wanita