Vegetable
Smooth Luffa
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Smooth luffa is the young, unridged sponge gourd as food: milder look, same peel-if-needed rule, still a luffa. Do not buy a dry bath sponge and cook it. A soup or a stir-fry. Angled is the ridged leaf.
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Unit
Characteristics
Preparations
FrySoup
Traits
Mild LookNot AngledNot BathNot Dry SpongeSilk GourdSoupTenderUnridged Young
History
Young smooth luffa was sold as a vegetable separate from mature sponge harvest.
Smooth luffa appeared in East Asian markets as silk gourd.
Smooth and angled luffa were both labelled as eating types.