And from next week on I will pick them, halve them and sautee them in butter with onions and garlic and parsley :)
The kunes will have to wait till mid-winter and eat what I leave for them LOL :)
buzzy110,
Mar 1, 2:38pm
Oh no. Not the dreaded chokos. Lol.
davidt4,
Mar 1, 2:53pm
I haven't been able to eat them since I was a child and my mother served them boiled and naked except for salt and pepper.I believe there are nice Mexican ways of stuffing them with queso blanco and chilli, but I can't bring myself to try.
pickles7,
Mar 1, 2:55pm
YESSS,.buzzy.why are mine so far behind yours .uli
pickles7,
Mar 1, 3:04pm
yes, but now you can put BUTTER on them, along with onion, salt and pepper,you should manage them.davidt4. Roasted mmmmm, darn it if the frosts are early I will loose them, I may buy a frost cloth to be prepared.
mumstu,
Mar 1, 3:49pm
Oh I remember chokos as a kid with onion, butter and s&p.yum.dont think we can grow them down here!
antoniab,
Mar 1, 4:09pm
Yum I LOVE chokos!
davidt4,
Mar 1, 4:24pm
How do you prepare them antoniab !
uli,
Mar 1, 6:20pm
Because you live further SOUTH :)
karlymouse,
Mar 1, 8:36pm
So what do they taste like,I have not tried them.Do they have a flavour !
pickles7,
Mar 2, 5:58am
Darn, I may have to go look at the plant down the road and see what its up to. I hope there is one hanging ova the fence, I don't want to cart a ladder down the road, so I can reach the other side.lol.
pickles7,
Mar 2, 6:06am
Simply yummy. They are similar to courgettes, but firmer. Nice roasted, steamed with onions and bathed in butter, salt and pepper.
skydancing,
Mar 6, 10:44am
I LOVE chokos but done with a really good cheese sauce! and lots of pepper!
arabelle,
Mar 6, 1:04pm
mine are very behind this year, so sad if I dont get any fruit as they are the non prickly ones. no fruit when I looked the other day :(
uli,
Mar 6, 3:09pm
Did you water them!
pickles7,
Mar 6, 3:55pm
mmm mine are to, way behind. Nothing showing yet but the signs are there for IT to flower, the plant is nice and green , I talk to it tie the runners away from harms way, water and feed it. I will be putting a frost cloth over it later, this it knows. ANOTHER RED PLEASE, though I feel its gin.
antoniab,
Mar 6, 3:57pm
Simply and not much different from how your Mum did sorry :) Just steam then a bit of butter, salt and pepper.
snapperheadrkp,
Mar 7, 8:59am
We use them in stir-fry's in place of tinned water chestnuts. Crunchy and delicious!
davidt4,
Mar 7, 9:26am
Now there's a good idea!I'm nearly convinced.
kokopuff,
Mar 7, 10:00am
I remember my mum boiling them and serving them up with either a white or cheese sauce. I always liked them.
antoniab,
Mar 7, 3:59pm
Hmm thats a good idea! I love water chesnuts too - so do you just chop them up raw and stirfry quickly as you would the other veges so they retain their crunch!
arabelle,
Mar 10, 4:54pm
Uli yes I did every or everyother day. now they are starting to take off, but of course with the colder nights we had a near frost would you believe 2nights ago and the tips are now looking frost toasted. Just want one to take me thro for next year
pickles7,
Mar 10, 5:51pm
Cut out the filthy talk.frost , lol . we are getting cooler at night but still roasting come day time here in Hastings.
uli,
Mar 10, 7:31pm
Matamata is not that far south that you should have frosts already! Our lowest temps at night are still 17 degrees - days are 27! Hard to sleep.
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