.. turns out these choko things are bloody good! 😀
3 years ago by chrizbie to c/newzealand
I didn't know what the they where but somebody gave me some and I just peeled it, cut it up and steamed it, but you could totally throw this into all sorts of casseroles, soups, roasts or hangi it's really nice! Not too strong of a flavour kind of like a potato with a celery-like tinge, 10/10 will have more often 😂
Update: apparently they turn to mush if you roast them
Man for a bit I thought you were eating the seed pods from moth weed vines. Yikes.
Haha you'd know about it if it was them. I had to look it up to make sure. The sap in mothweed is a real nasty irritant.
I don't think I've seen them before. Are you up in the northern part of the country? Just wondering if the weather might be better for growing up north so maybe they don't have so many around here.
Asian supermarkets will have them, if you have any in your area. We use them a lot in soups and stuff in winter.
Hmm I wonder if now I know what they look like I might see them at the weekend markets. I'm sure I've seen things I didn't recognise labeled as "squash", I'll have to check next time I get a chance.
I live in the Wairarapa and we grow them from October-May/June. They even survived a few light frosts and over winter fine once pruned back. We would have got 100+ from our two plants this year. Recommended.
100! Oh man, is this one gonna smash my garden too?
When I grew courgette for the first time, I planted other things around it, no knowing it was gonna bulldoze it's way along the garden taking out everything in it's path.
There's a massive amount of vegetables our supermarkets just do not stock. Its really sad - the same 20 or so product lines all year and so many other things (particularly seasonal) that never get a look in.
Occasionally my local New World will have Kamo Kamo when they're in season but compared to the variety of veg you can pick up at the farmer's market (usually for less) its just not worth shopping at Supermarkets for veg if you're privileged enough to be able to avoid it.
Same goes for the meat sections too - so many cuts they just don't bother with.
I'm lucky enough to get choices in farmers markets, depending on how long I want to drive. It's funny seeing different varieties you never knew existed. I bought "beetroot" one day, got it home, cut it open, and it had white and red striped flesh! After some research, it turns out it was (probably) the Chioggia variety. Never heard of it!
I also see things listed as "squash" that can be one of many, I often see "turnip" that is not what I expect a turnip to look like, there are really quite a range of things you don't get at the supermarket.
Yeah its very silly really.
One of my favourite things to grow is radishes, there's dozens of different varieties, all sorts of different internal and external colours and combinations, and some are firey peppery in flavour while others are mild and sweet.
What's dumb is that say come apple season you can see the evidence for the Supermarket's supply chain stupidity. There's probably 6 different varieties of apples proudly on sale all different colours, shapes & flavours.
Well why isn't the same true for carrots - there's a myriad of different kinds, why are there only 2 kinds of Onion in NZ supermarkets?!
For a real eye-opener I highly recommend checking out Kings Seeds catalog (https://www.kingsseeds.co.nz/) it blew my mind. Eg the Cocozelle I found way more enjoyable than the average zuchini you find at New World (https://www.kingsseeds.co.nz/...)
That's a cool site, thanks for linking! Though it's quite a risk growing courgette from seed, you could plant one seed and end up having it not germinate, or you could plant two and risk them both germinating, ending up with more courgette than you can give away 😆
I suspect that there isn't the same market for different kinds of carrots or onions as there is for different kinds of apples. You really start to see a variety of apples at the time of year when all the stone fruit is gone (i.e. now). People want fruit and so will buy from the small selection available, which means supermarkets sell a lot of apples, which lets them support a wider variety.
I think farmers markets can better support the different varieties as people come knowing that what they find will be different each time, and if they see an unusual variety of something they know it might not be there next week so they buy it and give it a go. Mainstream supermarkets are running on the premise of people have expectations about what they should have and they try to meet those expectations.
Up far north you would find them growing wild in the bush like a pest. Good to eat though yeah.
It's called Chayote. Really tasty. We use it to make clear soup with chicken or pork slices.
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We actually have it as low carb keto fries, cut them up, dry them with a paper towel then throw em in the air fryer and throw some chicken salt or MSG over them when it's done. Yes they're never crunchy but they taste good and it works nicely as a replacement for fries.
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