farmers market and bitter melon and diabetes

[Guest guest]

Hey gang,

 

I was so inspired last week by all the talk of farmer's markets, I

decided to visit one on Sunday. The only farmer's market open in my

city on Sunday has an Asian focus, which is fine by me. It was fun to

check out all the interesting produce, much of it I recognized, but

there was one particular green I couldn't place. I asked what it was

and it was <something> choy. It was longer than baby bok choy and it

was dark green, with smallish leaves and the ends were sporting bright

yellow flowers. I asked if it was like bok choy and was told " no " , with

no further elaboration. It had a funny smell - I couldn't place it.

Anyone have any idea what it might have been?

 

I remember reading, some months ago, that Guru was recommending bitter

melon juice for diabetics. I saw two kinds of bitter melon (Indian and

Chinese) so I bought a couple of each to try them out. This morning I

tested my blood glucose and it was a bit high at 126 (due to some

indiscretions yesterday). I juiced one of the bitter melons and drank

the juice and re-tested about 45 minutes later. My blood glucose was

99, which seems like a pretty significant improvement. I plan to start

using this regularly and will see what happens.

 

This veggie is aptly named, by the way. :-)

 

Sharon

[Guest guest]

Wow, what a great website, Diane!

 

Well, I don't think it was gai choy. The yau choy is closer, but it

doesn't show those yellow buds. It's interesting that bok choy will

sprout yellow flowers, though I don't think this was bok choy. When I

asked the guy if it was similar to bok choy and he said " no " I would

have thought he'd clarify if they were actually related.

 

I am going back to that farmer's market on Sunday and I'm going to

pester folks until I get a straight answer. I may even buy some. :-)

 

Sharon

 

strayfeather1 wrote:

> Sharon,

> You got me curious -- was it yau choy? There's a picture at the very

> bottom of this page in the Cook's Thesaurus:

>

> http://www.foodsubs.com/Cabbage.html

>

> Or maybe it was gai choy: (about 1/2 way down the page)

>

> http://www.foodsubs.com/Greenckg.html

>

> I love to buy mystery vegetables

>

> Peace,

> Diane

[Guest guest]

Hi Sharon

Keep us posted. Here in backward Connecticut I am surprised to even

see a bitter melon. My farmers markets wont open for another month or

so. We do have a co-op opening close by next month, I hope it

survives in this area and brings some veggies we don't usually see

that are affordable.

 

 

DonnaM

41' 21 " N

72' 09 " W

USDA zone 6

AHS heat zone 4

 

 

On 26 Mar 2007, at 12:22 pm, Sharon Zakhour wrote:

 

Hey gang,

 

 

I remember reading, some months ago, that Guru was recommending bitter

melon juice for diabetics. I saw two kinds of bitter melon (Indian and

Chinese) so I bought a couple of each to try them out. This morning I

tested my blood glucose and it was a bit high at 126 (due to some

indiscretions yesterday). I juiced one of the bitter melons and drank

the juice and re-tested about 45 minutes later. My blood glucose was

99, which seems like a pretty significant improvement. I plan to start

using this regularly and will see what happens.

 

This veggie is aptly named, by the way. :-)

 

Sharon

[Guest guest]

Isn't it fun? Be sure to let us know when you find out what your

mystery choy is!

Peace,

Diane

 

, Sharon Zakhour

<sharon.zakhour wrote:

>

> Wow, what a great website, Diane!

>

> Well, I don't think it was gai choy. The yau choy is closer, but it

> doesn't show those yellow buds. It's interesting that bok choy will

> sprout yellow flowers, though I don't think this was bok choy. When I

> asked the guy if it was similar to bok choy and he said " no " I would

> have thought he'd clarify if they were actually related.

>

> I am going back to that farmer's market on Sunday and I'm going to

> pester folks until I get a straight answer. I may even buy some. :-)

>

> Sharon

>

>