Couldn't pass up the mirlitons

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My Papaw grew then for the market back in the 60’s and 70’s.

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I've been gardening for ages and grew them on a fence at the first house I bought back in 75 and got so many of them over the years that I couldn't hardly give them away after a while.

My neighbors would see me heading their way with a bag of them and run inside.

I've been thinking of planting a few in the spring to go on one of my trellises, but those vines really take off during the growing season and take over an area quickly.

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Tried to take over the world. Second only to kudzu IMO!

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I agree. I had them overwinter one year when it was mild and never got to freezing temperatures. They were growing on a fence that separated my yard and a neighbors house.

He had a beat up old wooden shed that was about 30' long about 5 ft. from the fence and that vine overtook his shed over the summer months.

I was picking paper Schwegman's large bags full of them every week and ran out of neighbors to take them. I wound up giving them away to co-workers and anyone else who would take them around the neighborhood.

I think the only difference between mirliton vines and kudzu is you can at least get something to eat off the mirliton vines.

Ain't nothing better on Thanksgiving or Christmas than some shrimp n' mirliton casserole cooked by an old Cajun woman

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They aren’t really “local”, they are from Mexico. False advertisement.

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Yes, Mr. Wizard, most people know they are really called Chayote, but grown locally and called Mirliton.

My dad grew them for years. We had them multiple times per week when I was a kid. I haven't eaten one in 30 years.