Bottle Gourd

I saw this vine of bottle gourd growing at my grandpa's backyard in the province. Locals call this vegetable kabagwang which is also known as upo in Tagalog. This vine produces a lot of fruits that during our one week stay there, I saw my grandpa harvested more than a couple of times because people come to the house and buy. Well, trade with fish sometimes.

I took three pieces of this fruit at home in our flight back to Manila last November 18. I gave one fruit for my uncle, one for a friend, then one left at home. I divided mine into two and cooked them separately. Remember my Ginisang Upo with Miswa the other week? That was the other half.