"Fulfilling one's duty towards guests." One way to gain merit points and redeemable in the Buddhist reincarnation.
Chayote. Custard marrow. A Central American food plant, it is a bulbous, pear-shaped gourd which grows on a vine, with pale green, ridged skin and about the size of an avocado. It is a bland vegetable, somewhat like a cucumber in flavour, with a little spice when fresh. It should be treated in the same way as vegetable marrow or aubergine (US: eggplant) and, like them, should be cooked before eating. Leaves and shoots are also edible when young.
Ginger salad made with kizami shoga, Japanese pickled red ginger, garlic, sesame seeds, roasted peanuts, dried shrimp and chillis, lime juice and fish sauce.
