WTF is a Gourd?

[Goosemaster]

Apparently I am some sort of noob with regards to vegetables/fruits because a "gourd" is apparently the earliest domesticated thing ever and I only tried some for the first time last week.

I still cannot put together what this thing represents in terms of a staple, delicacy, etc.
canned goodness

It tasted like cucumber water mixed in with aloe vera.


edit: also, the "gourd" looks unusually happy which is why I decided to try it out

<---another victim of Oceanic marketing

 

[theprodigalrebel]

It's that thing Rafiki cracks open in The Lion King

 

[yhelothar]

gourd drink is fucking crack
so yummy
I had about 3 cases of it in a week when i first started drinking it.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: astroidea
gourd drink is fucking crack
so yummy
I had about 3 cases of it in a week when i first started drinking it.

I'll admit to not hating it but I didn't quite like it. I guess it went well with the Vietnamese food I was eating, but the taste wasn't particularly redeeming.

It tasted like nothing... with something really bland added.

 

[yhelothar]

That's surprising to me that it tasted like nothing.
For me, it's very sweet and tastes a lot like what brown sugar juice would be if there was one.
In fact, I used to always think it was made out of brown sugar.

 

[yhelothar]

The chrysanthamum tea on the right is delicious too. mmm asian drinks.

I never dared to try the birdnest drink though. It's made out of bird spit found on bird nests. Supposedly very tasty too.
asian drinks page from the white man's tastebud

 

[Eli]

Chrysanthemum tea?!?!

That sounds like a good way to kill yourself, wtf? lol

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: Eli
Chrysanthemum tea?!?!

That sounds like a good way to kill yourself, wtf? lol

are they supposed to be poisonous?

 

[Psynaut]

I have seen them growing on the side of the road, but I didn;t know people ate them. Isn't that what they drink yerba mate out of in South America? hmmm, not sure.

 

[Iron Woode]

a gourd is a member of the squash family.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squash_(plant)

 

[gar3555]

ya, we eat em all the time. hollow them out, take the innards mix with sausage, biscuit mix, cheese, and a couple other things, refill the gourd with goo, and bake. It's delicious.

 

[eits]

you don't know what a gourd is? did you ever go to elementary school??

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: astroidea

Originally posted by: Eli
Chrysanthemum tea?!?!

That sounds like a good way to kill yourself, wtf? lol

are they supposed to be poisonous?

I tried it. Not very good, mostly tasted like sugar.

 

[spidey07]

gourd = any squash

 

[IronWing]

Now this, this is a gourd.