On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:32:16 -0500, Sky >
wrote:
>koko wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:10:52 -0700, RegForte > wrote:
>>
>> >Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >> Chayote are much lighter in color, and their pit is in the center of the
>> >> flesh; a chayote pit vaguely resembles an oversized lima bean both in
>> >> shape and texture. This thing (which I still maintain is a white sapote)
>> >> has a dark hard pit set off-center.
>> >
>> >
>> >Think you nailed it ...
>> >
>> >http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/Shop/S...te_Sapote.html
>>
>> O.K. That's it. For sure, that's it. Thank you very much. Yahoo!!!
>>
>> koko
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>
>Whew, it's good to know the 'mystery' is solved. OK - so now what will
>you do with them???? I anticipate more fantastic photos
It's a fruit so I'll just let it ripen and eat it. The grower gave me
some passionfruit to eat with it, he said it's really good that way. I
think I'll put them in a brown paper bag to ripen, they are still hard
as rocks.
>
>Sky, who's very curious and never heard of 'chayote' ??
Chayote is a squash, a very delicious squash, commonly found in the
Mexican soup Caldo De Res.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chayote
I hope you get a chance to try it.
koko
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