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  • My mom confessed that when she last cooked this for us around Christmas, she had wanted to make wintermelon soup in the same vein wintermelon being much more subtle to the palate as well as in texture, and thus considered a little more luxurious.

    “Peasant” Turnip Soup 2008

  • At a typical Cantonese restaurant, our meal opened with a seafood-studded wintermelon soup.

    Eating Out in LA & Oregon 2006

  • Each meal comes with a free bowl of their house wintermelon soup.

    Archive 2005-08-01 anne 2005

  • Each meal comes with a free bowl of their house wintermelon soup.

    What is General Tso's Chicken??? anne 2005

  • WAX GOURD (Benincasa hispida) or Chinese wintermelon is the best cucurbit for seed oil in the hot, humid tropics.

    2: Vegetables and small fruits in the tropics 1996

  • The above is a photo of goji berries with wintermelon.

    Food, travel, recipe & sights 2008

  • So, you could say that this soup is something that you just make when there’s nothing else and wintermelon to eat.

    “Peasant” Turnip Soup 2008

  • However, the wintermelon at the grocery that day didn’t look as fresh as the turnips.

    “Peasant” Turnip Soup 2008

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  • Also known as hairy melon. I bought one today. Yes, the skin is hairy.

    June 8, 2008