“We love them,” says Pete Klein, a farmer in South Haven, Michigan. “Some people know them, some don’t. I sell all that I grow.” It should be said up front: The Mexican sour gherkin is technically not ...

Remember those Mexican sour gherkins that restaurant editor Andrew Knowlton wrote about last month? We spotted some at a farmers' market recently and started throwing around ideas for what to do with ...

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It’s hard to find someone who doesn’t appreciate the cute factor of mouse melons. Also known as Mexican gherkins, the fruit of Melothria scabra looks like watermelons shrunk for a dollhouse tea party.