Think I've turned the corner (not gone around the bend)

[Millymollymandy]

So long as the choko doesn't fall on your head! Good grief, think of all the SSish books we'll have to read soon!

[Milims]

Erm - whats a choko?

[Wombat]

Hey Milims!

It's a green vine fruit, also referred to as the chayote. Originally south American I think, but has been grown here for a long time, traditionally over the outside dunny. They are prolific but not hugely palatable (much like myself ), a real survival food. They grow in summer and are killed off to the root by frost, then regrow the next year.

Nev

[ina]

Hey Milims!

It's a green vine fruit, also referred to as the chayote. Originally south American I think, but has been grown here for a long time, traditionally over the outside dunny.

And there's an old thread somewhere where Nev describes how he got severely hit by a falling choko... Just so you understand all the references from old timers like MMM etc!

[Milims]

Ahhh!! I see! I'm very glad someone told me about it - I had visions of it being a Koala sized furry thing!!

[ina]

Yeah, it does sound like something that might strangle you...

[baldowrie]

can I ask the obvious..why is it grown over the dunny? Does it have a strong smell?

[Bonniegirl]

Chokos a member of the gourd family




Can't say I like them very much!

[Wombat]

can I ask the obvious..why is it grown over the dunny? Does it have a strong smell?

Good question! I think because the foliage would hide the dunny and make the place look neater!

Nev

[baldowrie]

ok...wouldn't like to eat anything that hangs round the dunny though

[Wombat]

Hmph! No sense of humour!

Nev

[baldowrie]

see I knew Aussies were a strange lot

[Wombat]

Well............................you won't get any argument from me!

Nev

[baldowrie]

so when you and the musses come over and visit Stonehead an evening of pisstentaly taking then I assume.....he is bad enough!

[Wombat]

Umm yeah...

*aside: Say what?*