TL;DR- Do not under any circumstance eat a vegetable which does not taste the way its supposed to taste. Bitter gourd tasting sweet ? Bottle gourd/Cucumber/Zuc

TL;DR- Do not under any circumstance eat a vegetable which does not taste the way its supposed to taste. Bitter gourd tasting sweet ? Bottle gourd/Cucumber/Zuccini/Pumpkin tasting bitter ? Straight to the trash. In India a lot of elderly drink raw veggie juice on empty stomach in the morning and they don't usually discard veggies like this because bought with 'hard earned money' and die because of the toxicity. Two of several cases.[1][2] [1]https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/healthy-woman-dies-after-drinking-bottle-gourd-juice/articleshow/64675921.cms https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/healthy-woman-... [2]https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/man-dies-after-drinking-lauki-juice/articleshow/6149952.cms https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/man-dies-afte...