What is this...

[Southern Gardener]

Here is the vine it grows on

any guesses?

 

[bayouchica]

Hi there, wow I don't know, just a guess maybe some type of gourd????
Have ya ever opened one?

 

[Southern Gardener]

Actually, I've eaten one. It's called a Chayote. I didn't know what it was either, so I googled it.

Description - Also known as the Vegetable Pear and the Mirliton, this vegetable is a member of the cucurbit family. The fruit is light green in color and pear shaped. The fruit is produced on vigorous growing vines that are cold sensitive

Selection - Fruit should be firm and free of bruises and other damage. For eating purposes, avoid fruit that has started to germinate as evidenced by the emergence of the young seedling from the broad end of the fruit.

My uncle in Lafayette grows them. He sliced them in half and put them in a roaster. I didn't like it. Maybe because it has started to gerninate?

 

[Rio_Lindo_AZ]

It may be a type of wild squash

 

[cockadoodlemom]

I use them in stew sometimes and love them.

 

[peeps7]

Strange little thing itn't it?

 

[LisaJean]

It's an alien pod. They form duplicates of humans when the target human falls asleep. Have you noticed any family members acting oddly lately?

DON'T GO TO SLEEP!

 

[peeps7]

 

[LisaJean]

See they already got to Coty Jo! RUN!

YOU'RE NEXT! YOU'RE NEXT! YOU'RE NEXT!

 

[rooster-red]

It's an alien pod. They form duplicates of humans when the target human falls asleep. Have you noticed any family members acting oddly lately?

DON'T GO TO SLEEP!

Close...Thats how silkies are born.

Oopps! wrong forum.