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liuzhou

liuzhou

On 8/20/2011 at 10:39 AM, Will said:

Also called snake gourd (丝瓜 ／ sī guā). In Chinese cooking, usually prepared fairly simply, maybe braised or blanched and then stir-fried, but another common way to cook it is with salted duck egg (the regular kind, not the century egg kind). I posted a basic method for doing this with bitter gourd in another thread.

You can see a picture of how it should look here:

http://exilekiss.blogspot.com/2010/02/fresh-vibrant-pure-shanghai-cuisine-and.html

 

I know this is a very old thread, but I want to correct something. Luffa - 丝瓜 (sī guā) and snake gourd - 蛇瓜 (shé guā) are two very different things. Snake gourd is Trichosanthes cucumerina, whereas luffa is Luffa aegyptiaca or Luffa acutangula.

liuzhou

liuzhou

On 8/20/2011 at 10:39 AM, Will said:

Also called snake gourd (丝瓜 ／ sī guā). In Chinese cooking, usually prepared fairly simply, maybe braised or blanched and then stir-fried, but another common way to cook it is with salted duck egg (the regular kind, not the century egg kind). I posted a basic method for doing this with bitter gourd in another thread.

You can see a picture of how it should look here:

http://exilekiss.blogspot.com/2010/02/fresh-vibrant-pure-shanghai-cuisine-and.html

 

I know this is a very old thread, but I want to correct something. Luffa - 丝瓜 (sī guā) and snake gourd are two very different things. Snake gourd is Trichosanthes cucumerina, whereas luffa is Luffa aegyptiaca and Luffa acutangula.

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