Last year to Qingdao tourism, in the zhanqiao near the vendors are mostly selling a golden, lotus-like fruit, because of its cute shape, many vendors said that this is Qingdao specialty taste fragrant and sweet, they can't help but buy a few to try. Who knew that cutting inside with a knife was very hard, raw and astringent to eat, and later learned that it was deceived.
This melon fruit is divided into three basic colors: white, yellow and green. The fruit edge has prismatic teeth, flattened circles, saucer-shaped or bell-shaped, so the Russians call it a saucer melon, a saucer-shaped melon, and a toothed melon. The causal shape is beautiful, like a flying saucer, so it is named the flying saucer melon. Flying saucer melon is a worm-borne flower plant, mainly for fruit viewing.
The history of cultivation of flying saucer melon in China is very short. Originally, it was introduced and cultivated as a famous vegetable from Russia, South Korea, the United States and other places in the 1990s.
Because it looks better, the storage time is relatively long, and it can be used for family viewing, and the edible value is not large. And it should not be eaten raw, even if it is to be eaten, its method is also to refer to zucchini, to cook, but after cooking there is no pumpkin noodles and aroma, a bite is no taste of juice.