Golden luffa, also known as golden melon, stirred luffa, golden horn melon, and four seasons melon, is an annual herbaceous plant of the Cucurbitaceae family. It is a rare specialty in my country and is a high-quality melon that is durable for storage and transportation. Its edible parts are young melon and old melon. Young melons can be used for stir-fry, soup, stuffing, etc. Luffa is rich in nutrients, containing 0.3 mg of protein per 000g, 1g of carbohydrates, 0.3g of crude fiber, 0.3g of ash, about 4000 calories, 11mg of calcium, 9mg of phosphorus, 0.0mg of iron, and 3mg of carotene ( Pumpkin only 2.4mg), riboflavin 0.6mg. Golden luffa is not only nutritious, but also unique. There are separate fleshy fiber tubes arranged horizontally in the melon (the main edible part, commonly known as melon vermicelli). When eating, cut the melon body in half transversely, scoop out the pulp and seeds, and steam in water for about 10 minutes. Take it out and cool it with water. Then use chopsticks or hands to scoop out wisps of half-cooked vermicelli-like pieces. fleshy fibrous bundles. These tubes are golden in color and as thick as vermicelli or noodles. It can be stir-fried with shredded pork and made into soup; or stir-fried with other fish, chicken, and vegetables; it can also be boiled with a little water, taken out and dried, and mixed with fine salt, soy sauce, MSG, minced garlic, and spicy sauce. Wait for seasonings, and it becomes a refreshing and delicious cold dish, known as "vegetable jellyfish". In addition, it can also be used as filling for dumplings and steamed buns. No matter which way you eat it, they are all tender, fragrant and delicious.

Pumpkin (nangua) (Cucurbita moschata) is commonly known as pumpkin, pumpkin, and pumpkin. It is native to South America and later introduced to my country. Annual trailing herb. The stem is several meters long, with roots at the nodes, thick, furrowed, covered with short bristles, and the tendrils are divided into 3 to 4 forks. Single leaves alternate, the leaves are heart-shaped or broadly ovate, with 5 lobes and 5 corners, slightly soft, 15~30 cm long, densely covered with hairs on both sides, often with white spots along the edges and on the leaf surface, and irregular edges. Sawtooth. Flowers solitary, monoecious and dioecious. Male flowers have short receptacles. The calyx lobes are linear and the top is enlarged into a leaf shape. The corolla is bell-shaped, yellow, with 5 central lobes, the lobes are outward and crepe-like. 3 stamens. The anthers are close together, and the anther chambers are regularly S-shaped. Female flowers have prominent calyx lobes, leaf-like, round or oval ovary, 1 cells, short style, 3 stigmas, each with 2 lobes. Gourd fruit, oblate spherical, pot-shaped, cylindrical, etc., with longitudinal grooves and bulges on the surface, smooth or knob-like protrusions. It is shaped like an orange petal and ranges from orange-yellow to orange-red. The fruit stalk has ribs and the melon base expands into a trumpet shape. Seeds are ovate or elliptical, 1.5-2 cm long, gray-white or yellow-white, with thin edges. The flowering period is from May to July, and the fruiting period is from July to September. It is native to southern Asia and is cultivated around the world. The fruit is used as a vegetable; the seeds contain oil and are edible. The seeds (pumpkin seeds) and melon pedicles are often used as medicine to repel insects, strengthen the spleen, and reduce lactation.