Bitter Balsam

The balsam pear, better known as bitter gourd or bitter melon, is an Old World, tendril-bearing vine having orange, warty fruits that open at maturity to expose red-coated seeds. Yum.

So I used a little bit of negative connotation... It was only a little. :)

At least I didn't double underline it, too. :/

So anyway, my parents decided to grow it a while ago for lack of better things to do with all that backyard space. Yep. Bitter melon... Anyone want some? :T

Some tomatoes would've been nice but apparently, Chinese people prefer eating bitter melon, especially when bitter and acrid. What kind of masochistic Asians did they use for that "fact?" Eww. :c

At least one cool thing came out of it: they made a tiny shelter of sorts with the vines. You can go under it and everything! :o

It's like a gazebo for short people. :3