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liuzhou

liuzhou

On 10/6/2021 at 1:46 PM, Mjx said:

How's the flavour? I tried these once because they looked intriguing, but they tasted very weakly of cucumber and nothing else, and I wondered whether this had something to do with the degree of ripeness/shipping conditions.

 

Yes, they do taste somewhat of cucumber. After all, they are part of the cucumber family, as are all melons. In fact, Mandarin Chinese doesn't differentiate between melons, squashes, cucumbers etc. - they are all some kind of 瓜 (guā ).

 

That said, any time I've had these melons, I've more noticed a banana-like flavour. They also have a slight citrus flavour. Try lightly salting them; that brings out the flavours more.

liuzhou

liuzhou

3 hours ago, Mjx said:

How's the flavour? I tried these once because they looked intriguing, but they tasted very weakly of cucumber and nothing else, and I wondered whether this had something to do with the degree of ripeness/shipping conditions.

 

Yes, they do taste somewhat of cucumber. After all, they are part of the cucumber family, as are all melons. In fact, Mandarin Chinese doesn't differentiate between melons, squashes, cucumbers etc. - they are all some king of 瓜 (guā ).

 

That said, any time I've had these melons, I've more noticed a banana-like flavour. They also have a slight citrus flavour. Try lightly salting them; that brings out the flavours more.

liuzhou

liuzhou

1 hour ago, Mjx said:

How's the flavour? I tried these once because they looked intriguing, but they tasted very weakly of cucumber and nothing else, and I wondered whether this had something to do with the degree of ripeness/shipping conditions.

 

Yes, they do taste somewhat of cucumber. After all, they are part of the cucumber family, as are all melons. In fact, Chinese language doesn't differentiate between the two. - they are all 瓜 (guā ).

 

That said, any time I've had them, I've more noticed a banana-like flavour. They also have a slight citrus flavour. Try lightly salting them; that brings out the flavours more.

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