"Chopper" is a variety of pumpkin, belonging to the genus Cucurbitaceae, which is a rapidly regenerating new cultivar in recent years. Chopping gourd is also in the yard with the vine growth, but different from pumpkin, chopping gourd body healing hormone than pumpkin to be much higher, so can promote the continuous healing of the wound, in chopping gourd was cut off the lower half of the cut can produce healing hormone, organization of the section of the wound with the air and bacterial contact, its growth characteristics and planting techniques, and ordinary pumpkin is basically the same, on the natural environment, the soil does not require a high degree of spring and summer are available! Planting, each melon seedling can knot 2 to 4 melons, each melon length 0.9 to 1.7 meters, weighing 6 to 9 kilograms.
Chopping melon tender vine tender leaves can be eaten, fried vegetables to eat quite delicious! Melon can be cold, stir-fried vegetables, for filling dumplings buns, very delicious. Eat how much to cut how much down, the rest will continue to grow on the vine, will not rot. Chopped melon flavor and zucchini similar, with the sweetness of the pumpkin, winter melon flavor refreshing. It also contains rich nutrition, such as soluble solids, protein, crude fiber, amino acids, vitamins and so on. And thin skin and thick flesh. It is used to be fried or made into soup.
Plant chopped melon can be eaten in a few ways, fried meat, scrambled eggs or cold. Chopped melon flavor is a bit unique, there may be some friends are not accustomed to eating that unique flavor, but I eat it is okay. And fried when you can directly slice fried, from its value, it contains the human body must not synthesize their own 8 kinds of amino acids and rich in vitamin C, and has a certain medicinal value. Because farmers are with the cut with eating, eat now cut, so eat more fresh, cut melon, although rich in nutritional value, fresh taste, fresh flavor, high yield, easy to manage, economic benefits are obvious; but the scale of planting cut melon, is not conducive to the storage and transportation, the comprehensive benefits are open to question by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Quality Inspection Center, VC content 8.84mg/100g, soluble solid soluble matter 4.7%. Carbohydrate 4.34%, crude protein 1.01%, crude fiber 0.41%, ash 0.48%, amino acid content of 6.91g/kg.