在千姿百态的瓜果佳蔬中,苦瓜以其与众不同的苦味别具魅力。苦瓜原产于亚热带地区,引入我国大约是在宋元,1406年出版的《救荒本草》中首先收载。尽管苦瓜其貌不扬,但与其它菜类相处,宁苦自己,决不把苦传给对方,甚至还能促使与之搭配的菜更溢散出本身的美味。正因为如此,古人把苦瓜誉之为“菜中君子”、“君子之 In different mixes of fruits and vegetables, bitter gourd with its distinctive bitter unique charm. Balsam pear native to the subtropical regions, introduced into China about the Song and Yuan Dynasties, 1406 published ”save the wasteland of Materia Medica“ first contained. Although bitter gourd looks ugly, but get along with other vegetables, rather bitter themselves, never pass on bitterness to each other, and even encourage the collocation of the dishes more overflowing its own delicious. Because of this, the ancients reputation bitter gourd as ”gentleman“, ”gentleman