Wax gourd itself tastes sweet and has no obvious sour taste. If there is sour taste, the first consideration is that the melon is caused by improper storage and deterioration. In addition to the sour taste, it may also be accompanied by soft meat and odor.

2. Various reasons

There are many varieties of wax gourd, but some varieties of wax gourd have a little sour taste, but the meat quality of wax gourd has not changed significantly, and the sour taste is not heavy, which is acceptable to most people.

3. The pulp is not cleaned.

Wax gourd contains a lot of protein, that is, amino acids, which usually exist in the flesh of melon. If the pulp is not cleaned in the cleaning process, the pulp will easily turn sour after high temperature, which will affect the taste of winter melon soup.