Cucamelon.

[Atheist]

Has anyone grown this plant? I tried it the first time this year and it grew well and produced lots of small (grape-sized) fruit which taste a bit like cucumber but with a sour lime-like tang.
They're OK in salads, but I liked them best chucked whole into vegetable stew or minestrone - little bursts of citrussy flavour.

[roadman]

I tried them before i dont like them

[Atheist]

roadman, I'm not keen on them raw - bit too much crunchy skin and not enough succulent inside. But I do like to eat as much variety of veg as possible - all the little bits like radishes, spring onions, garlic, tomatoes, lettuce, rocket, cress, nasturtium leaves, parsley, kale, cavalo nero, cabbage, carrots, and so on. All very good for the gut.

[gingejbee]

Never tried cucamelon, but sound interesting.
You could add to your veg list baby sweetcorn (good in stir-fries, but also as a steamed veg), helda beans, Kalettes.

[Atheist]

Thanks, ginge. I prefer to eat stuff I can grow. Baby sweetcorn not easy in our tiny English garden. The others I don't know: what are they?

[gingejbee]

Helda beans are a type of runner bean- but guaranteed very tender and stringless. Kalettes are a fairly new thing - a cross between kale and sprouts...like largish sprouts with frilly leaves.

[Atheist]

ginge, can you get seeds for these? Don't worry, I can google them. Thanks for your advice.

[roadman]

I never tried them cooked or with something

[Khandro]

No, but I once crossed a melon with a cauliflower & got melancholy