#Cucamelons aka #MouseMelon aka #Pepquinos are easy to grow & do well in PNW areas. Fruits are size of large grapes & they taste like sour cucumbers. Good for pickling. You can eat them raw, like cucumbers. I like dipping them raw into sea salt with some chopped red chili peppers.

It's native range goes from Mexico to Venezuela. Many people grow it in different areas of the world as a food crop.

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Today's harvest.

My first large #fennel bulb & a bunch of #cucamelons 👩‍🌾

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Some more of my #FoodPlants 👩‍🌾

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Cucamelon Refrigerator Pickles are fast and easy to make: 30 minutes prep and 2 weeks in the fridge result in delicious, bite-sized pickles.

The Cucamelon (Melothria scabra) is an annual vine in the Cucurbitaceae plant family that includes cucumbers, melons, and squash. Cucamelons are known by numerous names including Mexican sour gherkin, mouse melon, and in their native Central America, *sandita,* which means “little watermelon.” Cucamelons taste like a cross between cucumber and lime.

My recipe is based on my Father's original recipe that I learned as a child; I adapted it for cucamelons and published it first in 2016, and then again in 2017.

For this Cucamelon Pickle recipe:

https://glamorosicooks.com/recipe/cucamelon-refrigerator-pickles

For my article on growing cucamelons:

https://glamorosicooks.com/how-to-grow-harvest-cook-cucamelons

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