“I may have yet again come pretty close to poisoning myself.”
“hold up to the heat better than almost anything”
“These sort of pork chops have given me the worst burn I've ever had so far”
“what I am most attracted to is their name”
“The creator is limiting additions to just bay leaves to observe if the bitter melon's bitterness breaks down over heat without further interference.”
“I may have yet again come pretty close to poisoning myself.”
Dominated by bitterness from bitter melon; bay leaves were not noticeable.
The creator performed a mesh straining of the stew to remove solids and potentially toxic bitter melon seeds before adding new ingredients.