---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: English Rose Garden <[email protected]> Date: 18 August 2013 21:21 Subject: Re: Fwd: FW: Re: [itpmods:7089] poona kheera or puneri khira To: [email protected], [email protected]
I just ate this now for second time. I got one ash gourd color smooth fat longer than my hand. and one gold with brown streaks smooth length of my hand. Im not sure which I had because skin was peeled but it tasted so bitter and terrible I had to spit it out. It left a horrid after taste I have to rinse my mouth. ! I have to throw it all out. the flesh had a thick white rind at the end with some seeds like a watermelon rind. It gradiated into a green color toward the center where seeds are. No one should eat this in this stage! what happened? ------------------------------ On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 8:09 AM PDT J.M. Garg wrote: >Forwarding pl. > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >From: English Rose Garden <[email protected]> >Date: 18 August 2013 20:35 >Subject: FW: Re: [itpmods:7089] poona kheera or puneri khira >To: [email protected] > > > > > >Yeah I got mr singhs mail yesterday but below are several more emails I >sent to him. See the links im trying to show how american farmers sell it. >I show pictures from usa markets. > > > >Some sell it black and large like a melon! I feel some arent harvesting >right. In the email I got from you you only show my last email to singh not >all others below it about 4 or 6 more to him. > >also it tastes bitter im not sure what ideal growing situation and color >indicates a floral taste not bitter taste. > >----Forwarded Message---- >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected], [email protected] >Cc: [email protected] >Sent: Sun, Aug 18, 2013 7:30 AM PDT >Subject: Re: [itpmods:7089] poona kheera or puneri khira > > >I just ate it with no skin. Its tasting kind of bitter. But oddly I also >taste hint of honey . Maybe we never are to eat the seed for that gives >bitterness? And never eat skin? Some left over rind can give bitter taste? >What stage its most fragrant in taste not bitter unless bitter is good for >us? > >Sorry for all mails its hard to explain all this unless you come to >market here in usa and to taste it. Cucumbers often taste bitter in usa. > But all the links below show how its sold here. > > > > >------------------------------ >On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 4:13 PM PDT English Rose Garden wrote: > >> >>It would help if you showed picts of ideally how it should look length >wise width wise and color. >> >>I assume pune and konkani eat like this? But rarely I see it green or >white. mainly gold or brown. >> >> >>http://150sqft.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/poona-kheera-cucumber-seeds.jpg >> >>http://www.rareseeds.com/poona-kheera-cucumber/?F_Keyword=poona%20 >> >> > http://books.google.com/books?id=VYwQAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT134&lpg=PT134&dq=pooneri+khira&source=bl&ots=QN5cas5C7-&sig=CXflCX8unYew1PscXFM9kO3aMBk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kXEOUuj5EeGSyAHkoYGoAg&ved=0CDwQ6AEwCTgK >> >> >> >> >> >>------------------------------ >>On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 3:53 PM PDT English Rose Garden wrote: >> >> >> >>This is a picture from a farmers market. They sold it exactly like this >today black with crackles but I was too scared to buy. >> >>http://www.forkandbottle.com/cooking/images/thanks07/poona_kheera_bg.gif >> >>Another farmer sold it like this. I picked out the light ash colored one >and yellow one. I tend to look for small and smooth but many farmers sell >it large like a melon as shown in first link. Most farmers sell it gold or >brown. I need to watch sugar levels so I guess white is better? >> >> > http://www.greenling.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/poona-kheera-cucumbers.png >> >>http://i30.servimg.com/u/f30/17/10/59/89/2012-014.jpg >> >> > http://www.ozarksgardens.com/pv/DzCNe/16/6/DbJRog/boWxORZfbzixgZA/poona-kheera-cucumbers-jpg.html?pfriendly=1 >> >>All these links show how its sold here in usa. So I fish through the piles >and try to figure out which to get. >> >> >>------------------------------ >>On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 3:28 PM PDT English Rose Garden wrote: >> >> >> >>When you say young and tender is best how it should be do you have >pictures? >> >>Can we eat the seeds? Can we eat the skin? >>In india or pune at what stage they ususally eat it? >> >> >>Ive been buying it smooth not bumpy. Usually we peel skin but americans >eat the skin and seeds. But the americans say the skin gets tough when >brown and with crackles tastes astringent or off. >> >>What is the ideal size and length? >>today I bought one the length of my hand in gold yellow and one slightly >fatter and longer that looks white like ash gourd. No one knew it was >cucumber. >> >> >>------------------------------ >>On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 3:17 PM PDT English Rose Garden wrote: >> >> >> >>Is it better smooth without bumps? >> >>So you are saying you can eat it >>light green >>white >>which is best >> >>but it can be eaten >>gold yellow >>gold brown >>and totally brown >> >>my mom says its too sweet does it get sweeter the older it gets? >> >>I even saw someone sell it almost blackish with cracks. >> >>No indian at the market today knew what it was. I asked few people. >> >>traditionally how you eat it just raw? Its not for sambar? >> >> >>------------------------------ >>On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 5:30 AM PDT Gurcharan Singh wrote: >> >>It is Poona khira or Puneri cucumber >>There are two cultivars light green when young and nearly white when young, >>both turning almost brown when nearing maturity and brown with cracks when >>nearly mature. >>Young tender fruits are best for salads, even brown without cracks. those >>with cracks have ripe seeds. >> >> >>-- >>Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>Retired Associate Professor >>SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >>On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 12:14 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please. >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: English Rose Garden <[email protected]> >> Date: 17 August 2013 01:46 >> Subject: [itpmods:7089] poona kheera or puneri khira >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: [email protected]?? >> >> >> >> Im radha from usa. Im south indian. >> >> at my farmers market they sell poona kheera or some say puneri khira. >> >> When is the correct stage to harvest and eat it and is it really an indian >> cucumber? I asked other indians at the market and they dont know what it >is. >> >> I see it sold in various stages >> >> Harvest? >> > http://www.feldoncentral.com/garden/photos/d/9728-1/IMG_8297-poonakheera.jpg >> >> Ripe?:http://www.cherrygal.com/images/PoonaKheeraCuke.jpg >> >> Totally overripe and suitable only for saving seeds: >> http://gardenerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/cucumber_poona_kheera.jpg >> >> >> >> cream >> light green >> gold >> brown >> brown with crackles >> small >> fat >> smooth >> bumpy >> semi bumpy >> >> do we eat the skin? >> Do we eat the seeds? >> How do they usually prepare it? >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "ITPmods" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/itpmods. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& >eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >> alphabetically & place-wise): >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. 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