The humble CHOKO

The Choko is a Poor mans food,someone once
told me that with the chokos, "you get what you put in"
but I find it quite enjoyable,boiled and with some butter,
pepper and salt,it tastes quite nice,there are a lot of ways
that it can be prepared,(If I am not mistaken) ,it was said
that it was the food that helped a lot of people get through
the "Depression".
Up to the early 1950s just about
every house had a choko
vine or two growing in the back-yard.
They climb everywhere.
I have just pulled ours down,
as it was about at the end of its
productive cycle,and besides I
could not reach all the fruits.




"The chokos that only
became visible,when
the vine was pulled down
a bit too old to be used.
They are best picked
when young




The choko vine after it
was cut and pulled down
from the roof of the garage








And this is the resulting
mulch, after"mowed"it,
and on the way to becoming
compost, and then returning
to the soil, and feeding
other plants!