Can be eaten raw.

There are many ways to eat gourd. "Nongshu" written by Wang Zhen of the Yuan Dynasty said: "It is widely used. The larger ones can be cooked into vegetarian soup, cooked with meat into meat soup, can be fried in honey before making fruit, and can be cut into strips and dried..." and Said: "The gourd is a thing, it grows when tired, has endless food, is salty for cooking, and is the best vegetable." It can be seen that the ancients used gourds as fruits and vegetables, and they were eaten in various ways, including making soup, It can also be used for cooking. It can be pickled or dried. The soup is fragrant and delicious. Different from other fruits, both gourd and its leaves must be eaten when they are tender, otherwise they will lose their edible value when mature.