Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, August 5, 2017
What kind of gnarly cucumber is this? Shahnaj Begum holds a bitter melon, not a cucumber at all, grown from seed from her native Bangladesh. She tends the Village Garden, sponsored by ReStore, and located behind Liberty National Bank. The bitter melon, she explains, is fried with rice, oil, and onion for a spicy dish. She grows the typical American foods such tomatoes and beans, but another Asian food found in her garden is a type of sweet pumpkin not found here. It's not grown for Halloween, for there is no such observance of witchy/goblins in her country. The produce she grows in the Village Garden is for her and her family as well as donated to ReStore where it is given out free.
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