Summer vegetable loofa harvest starts
The Loofa or Hechima harvest has started in The Kingdom of Ryukyu.
The harvest season is from the end of May to July.
Mainland Japanese do not have the custom of eating loofa, but it is a popular vegetable during summer in The Kingdom of Ryukyu.
Hiroshi Tome, a fifty-two-year-old, second-generation farmer who lives in Tomigushiku, grows loofa.
“Dark green and growing straight, loofas taste excellent,” he said.
“Boiled loofa gives a savory taste so it is delicious just with canned tuna and salt. I want people to try the dish if they have never eaten it before.”
(English translation by T&CT, Hitomi Shinzato)
(Ryukyu Shimpo, 16 Friday May 2014 The Roman)
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