#a423 :: Marah Macrocarpeae
April 15, 2009
Or at least that’s what this blog points to.
Wild cucumber tastes and looks nothing like its namesake. It is a 4-inch-long, order egg-shaped handful of misery, approved with cactusy spines that puncture your skin if you grip it too tightly.
A taste of the juice inside (for they prove to be very juicy when dissected with a serrated knife and a thick dishcloth to pad your hands) confirms that it’s a nastily bitter fruit with little interest in nourishing other creatures.
The kids brought home a couple of these from a hike up Runyon Canyon.
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