This veggie is also known as angled luffa. That's right,
the source of those nice scratchy sponges for baths and showers.
In this shot: http://www.pbase.com/image/89254500 you can
see that these gourds are pretty long---about as long as a good-
sized head of celery. There are lots of stir fry recipes for luffa
online, so it must be very tasty.