Talk:Chayote

message: The taxonomy given for chayote states that the family cucurbitaceae is in the order violales, which is incorrect.  The order is cucurbitales.
20 Nov 2009 [klondikers@AOL.com]98.116.91.38 (talk) 01:59, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: A note

message: I bought a chayote, firm and green.  The temp in the fridge will kill it, so if kept outside the fridge, how long before it should be cooked?  What should it look and feel like when it is ripe?  Thank you.
elizabeth [e-mail address - deleted 2007]
: Chayote do not 'ripen' per se, Similarly to many other vegetables, such as potatoes and carrots, they simply grow to full size and then age. If it is large firm and green then it is ready to eat. As far as I know it can be safely stored in the fridge. For more info see the external link Gourmet Sleuth --Sonelle 28 June 2005 12:39 (UTC)
In my experience, the Choko pear flesh needs careful handling as the juice will eat into your skin.  In Australia, we traditionally prepare them under water for cooking. I can't imagine what eating it raw might do to you if you didn't add lime juice or something similar!  Perhaps we have a slightly different variety here.  (Slightly perplexed) 210.50.143.21 (talk) 02:35, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ready to Eat? 

message: I have heard quite a lot of speculation in Australia (Queensland to be specific) that the Choko (as it is know there)is the main ingredient used in Mcdonalds Apple Pie's,or whatever they are called. (obviously instead of Apple) Another varaint I have heard is that they are used in Cherry Ripes (a chocalate bar, like Mars Bar or Hershey Bar) which seems to be native of only Australia and possibly New Zealand.
Anyone heard this or is this just Urban Myth? --195.171.131.152 13:19, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: like the chicken mutants in KFC, it's an Urban Myth  Manytexts (talk) 01:07, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alternate Uses 

message: See page 29 of http://www.ipgri.cgiar.org/publications/pdf/355.pdf for references. Sonelle (talk) 11:09, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Medicinal uses have been pharmacologicaly tested 

message: I changed alternate to alternative as was suggested by Alpheus above me. Additionally, I noticed this in the article and removed it:
"Although most people are familiar only with the fruit, which in culinary terms is a fruit, the root, stem, seeds, and leaves are all edible."
This states, pretty much, "people are familiar with the fruit which is a fruit," so I removed it. If this is intended, add it back.
b0lt (talk) 05:44, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Polishing 

message: As a child, we had a fence around our house which had chokos all over it. We were not familiar with the fruit, and gave it all away. In the 60s it was the cheapest stuff you could get, very abundant, but never very popular. Now, Australia has access to just about every fruit grown anywhere, but you rarely see chokos.
I must admit that until today, I thought "choko" was a slang term for the fruit, because the vines grew so tenaciously around anything they could get hold of - they choked the whole fence. (In fact, I think they kept up that rotten old wooden fence for years). Myles325a (talk) 09:24, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Choko memory 

message: I removed where in the list it says: Latin America --WHERE?-->: gayota -- the name is tracked to Cucurbita ficifolia a melon in Peru & been copied as a choko name without question across the wikis. Reference for this is here: http://www.fao.org/docrep/t0646e/T0646E0a.htm Corporate document repository, "Neglected crops...", produced by Agriculture and Consumer protection, Ch 10. Manytexts (talk) 01:04, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Again re names: "choko" possibly came from one of the earlier taxonomies Chocho edulis so has a Latin base to its common name in Australia & New Zealand. Manytexts (talk) 01:41, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Well-spotted name query

message: Because there is more than one common name for this plant, and in accord with the policy of Wikipedia:WikiProject Plants, this page should be renamed to the scientific name Sechium edule. Nadiatalent (talk) 20:00, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposal to rename

message: Tesco's are now selling this fruit in the UK, calling it Chow Chow.  The name needs adding to the list, but also Chow Chow now has three meanings, so it should have one of this disam things.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1032313/Should-chew-Chow-Chow-munch-Mooli-Your-guide-new-vegetables-store-shelves.html
IceDragon64 (talk) 22:16, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  chow chow 

message: Why does the first sentence of this article have to include so many names of this plant in other languages? This is what the side bar is for. The introduction should only specify alternative names in English or used in English literature or speech.--67.250.35.250 (talk) 22:36, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Exactly. I have fixed this. Ashmoo (talk) 10:21, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Long opening sentence with throng of names in different languages 

message: It is also found in Abkhazia. I just returned from there. There is plenty of them growing native.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.3.34.6 (talk) 06:14, 27 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I added a  tag not for doubt of what editor IP:185.3.34.6 saw, but because the article now claims four areas as the "main growing regions" and no source for any of those claims. I also added a  tag for the existing unsourced claim of "main exporter .. to the [US]". Without such sources anyone can see a chayote farm somewhere and say "Oh, another main growing region needs to be added!" 104.32.193.6 (talk) 06:11, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location of growing regions 

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message: Sandy soils might diminish yields, but not for the same reason as clayey soils. 186.1.135.58 (talk) 14:03, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sandy soils do not retain water 

message: Although the use of chayote in soup is mentioned for Brazil (without a citation), it is not mentioned as a soup ingredient in the U.S. although that is one of its uses here in the U.S.  I haven't added that fact because I don't have a reliable source.  Maybe some-one els has a source. Kdammers (talk) 17:44, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  In soup in the U.S. 

message: My wife is a Filipina and she wears gloves and runs water when peeling Sayote because your hands get very sticky and is difficult to remove. 72.197.61.179 (talk) 19:14, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Very sticky when peeled