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Old March 5, 2018   #7
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Originally Posted by Zeedman View Post
I haven't ordered from Evergreen for several years. They were late in delivering when I last ordered, and one of the varieties (a soybean) was completely dead. Their website has been up & down several times in recent years. My confidence in them is pretty low at present... which is unfortunate, given that they still have quite a bit that is unavailable elsewhere.

Yes, eggs & tomatoes complement bitter melon well. DW makes a soup out of bitter melon, eggs, tomato, and chicken. We par-boil the BM to reduce bitterness. You can also cut & salt BM, which will also reduce the bitterness.
I do parboil the bitter melon. I haven't tried salting it yet, but if I get any Bitter melon this year, I will try it. Soup sounds like a winner to me!

. I hope that the seed I ordered from Baker Creek is viable. Even from Baker Creek, sometimes the seed isn't. It is to early for me to start any seed, not until probably late April.
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