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	winter melon wine bottles winged bean winkle winter melon Worcestershire sauce XXX; XXXX Yankee bean Definition: This large, frost-green muskmelon can weigh up to 30 pounds and resembles a huge honeydew. The porous flesh is snowy white and has a flavor reminiscent of zucchini. Winter melon is available year-round in Chinese markets and specialty produce stores. It should be cooked briefly and is popular in stir-fry dishes as well as various Asian soups, especially winter melon soup, which is classically served in a scooped-out winter-melon shell. See also melon. --Copyright (c) 1995 by Barron's Educational Series, from The New Food Lover's Companion, Second Edition, by Sharon Tyler Herbst
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