This big boy is known as the village cucumber and is grown here on the ridges around wetland rice. It is used in soup. I asked if it is just a mature version of a regular cucumber and the vendors said it was not.
Raw, it tastes pretty much like a cucumber. No bitterness but significant acidity.
When I scooped out the seeds, they were very wet so I put them in a strainer and ...
got this much juice.
I added salt to the juice, but didn't taste very good.
I added some sugar to cut the acidity, but still didn't taste so good.
I added an ice cube and gave to my wife.
She drank some, added another ice cube and gave it back to me.
Strangely, we both sort of like it, but don't seem to be able to drink much of it. It is more like tomato juice than a tree fruit juice.
The soup we made has the entire village cucumber (minus the seeds), half a chicken, lots of moringa leaves, some salt and onion. It is very nice.
Vendors said that if I planted the seed fresh, it would be eaten by ants. They advised me to dry the seed before planting it.