Cut the fruit in half, remove seeds and parboil for 2 minutes, or make slits in the fruit or cut them in slices. Sprinkle with salt leaving for at least ten minutes. It is also sliced for use in soup with pork or eel. In Victoria, it is grown in the summer in polyhouses for its shoots. The shoots are only sold in Victoria.
Supply is irregular.
In the Melbourne retail outlets, supply is not consistent with prices fluctuating according to interstate supplies. 179 pages Outlines the processed food market and industry in China and Hong Kong, produce groups that have competitive potential for export success to those countries, food market statistics, and a comprehensive directory of major processed food retailers. Complements an earlier report 'Food Distribution in China and Hong Kong'.