White gourd

White gourd is eaten very well in Japan in the summer. White gourd includes much water. White gourd is similar to watermelon on this point. The difference between white gourd and watermelon is the way to be cooked. Watermelon is taken as only desert, on the other hand gourd is cooked as salad, boiled, soup and etc. If you are worried what you should cook in the summer, white gourd may help you to cook.

By the way, white gourd means the winter gourd. It is interesting that the meaning is the winter gourd though white gourd is taken in the summer.