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Hi , i bought this fruit in a market in Perú. The flavor is similar than cucumber. I forgot The name of this fruit.

Does anybody have an idea?

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Chayote

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chayote

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Maybe chayote? A Permies chayote thread. Additional regional names are in that thread.

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It's a Chayote. If you put eyes on it, it looks like a Muppet.

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This is a fruit we know as a choko. Lots of recipes online. I usually make a stuffing and bake 'em much like zucchini or their larger incarnation vegetable marrows.

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Google says:

The "choko fruit" is actually a vegetable called chayote (Sechium edule), also known as choko, christophine, or mirliton. It's a member of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae) and is native to Mesoamerica.

Chayote was my guess as I have eaten it ...

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