RE: [SPAM] farmers market and bitter melon and diabetes

[Guest guest]

You can also get the bitter melon in capsule form:) I would love to find

some to actually eat. Another thing that is good is cinnamon and prickly

pear cactus (nopal)

 

 

 

Belinda

 

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[Guest guest]

Yes I have seen the capsule form though, like anything, you get more

phytonutrients by eating the food. I don't know where you live, but if

there is an Asian community nearby, that's where you want to look! :-)

 

It is exceedingly bitter, but it's not inedible. It's so bitter, I

can't tell you what it really tastes like as the bitterness is the only

thing you notice... I gather that the Chinese primarily use it for soup

and in a savory (ie. meat-containing) pudding.

 

I got a book from the library yesterday called Beyond Bok Choy which has

pictures about all kinds of Chinese veggies, but it didn't have the

<something> choy with the yellow flowers and the weird smell. I plan to

go back to the farmer's market on Sunday and see if I can find someone

else who can tell me more. Many of the stalls had huge quantities of

it, so it's in season! I may have to buy a bundle this time. :-)

 

Sharon

 

Belinda wrote:

> You can also get the bitter melon in capsule form:) I would love to find

> some to actually eat. Another thing that is good is cinnamon and prickly

> pear cactus (nopal)

>

>

[Guest guest]

Sharon,

You got me curious -- was it yau choy? There's a picture at the very

bottom of this page in the Cook's Thesaurus:

 

http://www.foodsubs.com/Cabbage.html

 

Or maybe it was gai choy: (about 1/2 way down the page)

 

http://www.foodsubs.com/Greenckg.html

 

I love to buy mystery vegetables

 

Peace,

Diane

 

 

 

>

> I got a book from the library yesterday called Beyond Bok Choy which

has

> pictures about all kinds of Chinese veggies, but it didn't have the

> <something> choy with the yellow flowers and the weird smell. I

plan to

> go back to the farmer's market on Sunday and see if I can find someone

> else who can tell me more. Many of the stalls had huge quantities of

> it, so it's in season! I may have to buy a bundle this time. :-)

>

> Sharon

>

> Belinda wrote:

> > You can also get the bitter melon in capsule form:) I would love

to find

> > some to actually eat. Another thing that is good is cinnamon and

prickly

> > pear cactus (nopal)

> >

> >

>