"Judy Cosler" > wrote in message
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> I just bought some Thai "Preserved lemons" & the recipe on the bottle
> says to make a soup of chicken & wax gourd. What is wax gourd?


Winter melon. The picture of it in _Elegant Taste of Thailand_ is different
from the usual Chinese versions that I've seen--it is long and slender, like
the "long giant" on this page:

http://www.evergreenseeds.com/evergr...gourwinme.html


> anybody have other ideas for Thai preserved lemons?


I bought preserved limes to make a great sounding Cambodian dish from my
_The Elephant Walk_ cookbook, but for some reason never got around to it.
It's for _Clear Duck Soup wtih Lime_. So, a soup like yours. Still,
Longteine's description of the soup makes it sound really good. If you
want, I could type it out for you.

Peter