Also known as watermelon, white melon and cantaloupe. Generally, it is called Songgua in Anyang, Zhoukou and Puyang in Henan, Zucchini in Baoding and Handan in Hebei, and Jiaogua in Northeast China. It also has some aliases, such as bear melon, white melon, pumpkin, American pumpkin, small melon, vegetable melon, nettle muggle, smoked melon and so on.

Zucchini can be made into: zucchini meat pie, fried zucchini with shrimp, fried zucchini with meat sauce, zucchini mushroom box, Korean zucchini cake, zucchini with sauce, steamed egg soup with tofu, dragon fish soup, zucchini paste, mixed vegetable soup with beef spine, zucchini squid rolls with chopped pepper, etc. It tastes very delicious.

Zucchini should not be eaten raw, but it should not be cooked too badly to avoid nutrient loss. It's best to cook at low temperature or water, or slice the zucchini and blanch it with water to make a cold salad. Zucchini is deeply loved by people because of its thin skin, thick meat, juicy meat and rich vegetables. Zucchini is still very nutritious.

The method of zucchini cake: cut zucchini into shreds, add a little glutinous rice flour, beat an egg and stir well. Add a little spiced powder and salt to taste, add a little oil to the pot, spread it into a cake, and both sides are slightly burnt.