Cooking with Bitter Melons |
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Cooking with Bitter Melons |
 Mar 31 2005, 12:31 PM
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AF Supreme  Group: Members Posts: 17,884 Joined: 12-June 04 From: Hawai'i  |
Being Filipino, I know we cook some dishes bitter (Ilocano) and bitter melon. I know other Asian peoples cook with it too.
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Apr 3 2005, 02:22 PM
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AF Geek  Group: Members Posts: 257 Joined: 4-December 04 From: Bay area, Cali |
i never got used to eating that stuff. sometimes my dad would cook bittermelon with black bean garlic sauce. i haven't tried it in years now.
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Apr 3 2005, 02:56 PM
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AF Guru  Group: Members Posts: 3,499 Joined: 27-March 04 From: Mushrooms |
My mom makes that soup that has 'em cut in half and stuffed with ground pork, rice vermecelli, black fungus and some other stuff.
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Apr 3 2005, 07:22 PM
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AF Pro  Group: Members Posts: 1,582 Joined: 10-September 04 From: Peeping Thru Your Window |
I might of tasted it before, but I don't know what it is... lol, sometimes my mom would just throw some stuff I have never seen or tasted before.
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Apr 3 2005, 08:27 PM
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AF Legend  Group: AF Forum Police Posts: 25,372 Joined: 6-August 04 From: A Suburban Wasteland |
ew bitter melon... nasty...
*shudders* it's as weird tasting as ampalaya |
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Apr 4 2005, 10:25 AM
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AF Supreme Group: Members Posts: 17,884 Joined: 12-June 04 From: Hawai'i |
^yeah. i only eat in Pinakbet, but i know ilocanos who boil it and use it's juice for pinapaitan.
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Apr 4 2005, 11:41 AM
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AF Pro Group: Members Posts: 1,354 Joined: 12-July 04 From: 40° 42' N 74° 10' W |
lol, i use to hate it when i was younger. now i like it. FYI theres a trick, cut it up and soak it in cold water & 2 tb salt for 30 mins in the frig. it takes out some of the bitterness.
stirred fried with beef and black bean saucse............ HHHMMM,,,,,,,, 
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Apr 6 2005, 03:50 PM
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AF Fan  Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 4-April 05 |
Hmm... not a fan of the bitter melon. When I was little, I tried it for the first time without being told what it was or its name -- they said "just eat it!" I had a lemon face for a couple of minutes. To this day I cannot eat the stuff. <wrinkles nose>
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