Have you ever eaten these bizarre fruits and vegetables like flying saucer squash, egg eggplant, and white jade cherries?

Have you ever seen these bizarre fruits and vegetables? They are truly worthy of the name "exotic flowers and rare herbs"!

Eggs growing on trees? "Snow White" can be eaten? Banana zucchini?

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What on earth are these? Nature really is full of wonders. We have all seen plenty of green vegetables and cabbage, so let us take a look at these cute and bizarre vegetables together! They are truly worthy of the name "exotic flowers and rare herbs"!

Egg eggplant

What, is this an egg? Eggs growing on a tree - actually, it is the egg eggplant, which is just eggplant. Compared with ordinary long eggplants, is it not much more interesting? Grow it on your own balcony and it will look so classy. Its nutritional value is even higher than that of ordinary eggplant!

"Snow White" strawberry

Did your thoughts wander somewhere else? When strawberries are mentioned, everyone thinks of red, but have you ever seen white strawberries? This Snow White is a new variety of strawberry. As for whether it tastes good, I have not tried it either.

"Thief Won't Steal" tomato

In the past, when tomatoes were grown in rural areas, once the tomatoes turned red, many village children or other people would casually pick a few. But after growing this kind of tomato, basically no one easily stole them anymore, because everyone thought these tomatoes were not ripe yet. So in many rural areas, this new tomato variety is called "Thief Won't Steal."

Banana zucchini

Banana zucchini is a type of zucchini that looks like a banana and has yellow skin. It is a new yellow-skinned variety of Cucurbita pepo, mainly grown for its tender fruit. The tender fruit has fine, tender flesh and a slightly sweet, fresh fragrance. It is suitable for eating raw, and can also be stir-fried or used as filling. Its tender stems and shoots can also be eaten as a vegetable.

Brussels sprouts

A single plant grew more than twenty sprouts, each only a little bigger than a thumb. Anyway, it really opened my eyes. I wonder whether "Brussels sprouts" also means many children and much blessing!

Cut-and-regrow squash

"Cut-and-regrow squash" is a variant of pumpkin, a new type of squash that can be cut as needed for eating and quickly regenerates. This wonder squash has an extremely strong self-healing ability. Cut-and-regrow squash is a Cucurbita moschata, a variant of Chinese pumpkin. Its growth characteristics and cultivation techniques are basically the same as those of ordinary pumpkin. It does not have high requirements for the natural environment or soil, and can be planted in spring and summer. Each vine can bear 2 to 4 squash, each 0.9 to 1.7 m long and weighing 6 to 9 kg.

White jade cherry

White jade cherry is a bud sport variety of the Nanking cherry. The fruit is white, crystal clear, and nearly round, with an average single-fruit weight of 1.2 g and a maximum of 2 g, slightly larger than ordinary Nanking cherry. The flesh is firm and crisp, sweet in taste, and relatively tolerant of storage and transport.

Lonicera standishii fruit

It is practically a heart-shaped cherry, is it not! It is rich in protein, mineral elements, vitamins, and amino acids. Its total calcium content is 24 times higher than that of apples, its iron content is 5 times higher than that of peaches, which are relatively high in iron among current fruits, its phosphorus content is the highest among all fruit trees reported so far, and its zinc content is also higher than that of general fruit trees. It has very good health and beauty benefits and anti-cancer effects, so Lonicera standishii fruit is also known as fitness fruit.

Swiss chard

People often talk about "boasting," but I never expected there would also be a "boast vegetable." This vegetable originated along the Mediterranean coast of Europe. According to the different colors of the leaf stalks, it is divided into 3 types: white stalk, green stalk, and red stalk. In recent years, China has introduced red-stalk Swiss chard from the United Kingdom. It has multiple uses, including as a vegetable, as feed, and for ornamental purposes. So, I want to know: if you eat this vegetable, do you become especially awesome?

Ice plant

Its appearance is somewhat similar to garland chrysanthemum, but it is covered all over with "ice beads." When touched by hand, they feel hard and cool, so it has names such as ice plant, ice grass, and ice columns. It is often eaten as a cold dish. Take a bite, and there is a lot of moisture when chewed in the mouth. The liquid inside the "ice beads" is a bit more viscous than expected, and besides a salty taste, it also has a slight lettuce flavor, soft and icy-refreshing, with a very unique mouthfeel. Because it naturally contains salt, no salt needs to be added when cooking it.

Flying saucer squash

Flying saucer squash, also known as disc squash, saucer-shaped squash, scalloped squash, and flat-round zucchini, is a variant of Cucurbita pepo in the gourd family Cucurbitaceae. Its fruit can be used both for ornament and for eating, making it a rare horticultural plant that serves both purposes.

Cat poop fruit

In the deep mountains of the towering Qinling and Ba Mountains grows a wild shrub. After ripening, it is blue-purple, very juicy, and shaped much like cat poop, so it is commonly called "cat poop fruit," also known as "cat turd." By the way, this thing looks a bit like a frosted version of an eggplant, does it not!

The nutrition of cat poop fruit is very rich. Its flesh is rich in sugars, protein, fat, pectin, vitamins, and mineral nutrients. It tastes sweet as honey and can be eaten fresh or processed into sugar, wine, food products, pectin, jelly, jam, and so on.

So, have these "exotic flowers and rare herbs" surprised you? Do you still dare to eat them?