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*Two weeks later:<\/em> And here’s the recipe I have been using for winter melon soup:<\/p>\n Half of a five pound winter melon, cut into 2 inch pieces (about 2 pounds of melon) Bring the winter melon to a boil in water to cover, then simmer covered for 20 minutes. What would you do with a half a winter melon? I’ve gotten friendly with a farmstand that specializes in Asian vegetables at the San Mateo Farmer’s Market. The woman who runs the farmstand knows I love bitter melon, and has told me about its health benefits. She probably figured this white guy needed to expand … Continue reading “Winter melon”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[434,129,985,435],"class_list":["post-4373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bay-area-calif","tag-bitter-melon","tag-diy-chronicles","tag-local-food","tag-winter-melon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4373"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4423,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4373\/revisions\/4423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n1 quart of chicken broth
\n1 knockwurst, cut into 1\/2 inch circles
\n8-10 dried black Chinese mushrooms, soaked in hot water for 20 minutes
\nhalf a dozen slices of ginger root, peeled, and slivered
\nsalt to taste<\/p>\n
\nDrain the water off.
\nAdd chicken broth, mushrooms, ginger, and knockwurst to the cooked winter melon. Simmer for 20 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"