Here's how this one company turns 200,000 luffas into sponges.
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Here's how this one company turns 200,000 luffas into sponges. #luffas #sponges #sustainability
"he's perfected his whacking technique" hahah
Took him 3 years 😂
Lmao I knew I wasn’t the only one😂😂
😂🤣 I thought the same thing, she put her foot in her mouth there.
That’s what she said.
I can't imagine what his son or future children has to go through once they reach puberty
I never even realized that these were just straight plants
@austinnighteyes1900in fact
Exactly 😂😂 im lk WHAT?! PLANTS!
I thought everyone knew those were plants (I'm Latin American living in Latin America).
@austinnighteyes1900 I know, I know. Plastic ones are sold here too, but from childhood here we learn to tell them apart, I thought that was universal.
sponges are animals ☠️
I was 30 years old when i found out they were a natural plant.... I always assumed they were a manufactured product. It honestly still blows my mind over a year later that they're naturally made.
Most are entirely fake...you probably didn't know because you never had a real one before...how could you know something when you never seen a real lufa...
@@jamesmeppler6375and you make this assumption because of what?
I never thought for even a second that my luffa was a plant. 🤔
You really do learn something new every day.
What you know is 1%
What you don't know is 99%
😂 they copied from India (U will come to know in past early centuries Indian use this to clean there body by rubbing it)
@@yourlover2078India coped Egypt.
See how that’s dumb? It’s a plant
@@yourlover2078Designated Luffa Streets
“He’s perfected his whacking method” *haphazardly bashing luffa against a metal rack*
Took him 10 years to master
If he was in the mod the He perfected the Whacking method would mean something very different
Yeah someone made a shit joke about masturbating with this line and got more likes. But you made actual observational comedy.
Better to whack it against a soft and supple rack if you ask me.
@@ludvig3242lol! Yup 😂
I showed my mom this video and she still doesn't believe loofahs are originally plants
In India ...it is turai ...when it's young people make vegetables...
Well there are plant loofahs but there are also plastic loofahs
"Look at this!"
"Yeah i still dont believe it."
😳🤦😖 smh
@@BooBuKittyPhuk hahaha is your handle a reference to Jay and Silent Bob strike back?😂
@@XyzXyz-pm2rj yep
For centuries, we used lufahs for washing skin while having showers here in Egypt.
It grows everywhere and very cheap (a fraction of a Dollar).
We peel it while still green, wash it more than once, dry it under the sun and use it without pressing.
Very useful, healthy, environment friendly and quite available.
In the northeast of Brasil where my parents live, these plants grow everywhere, too! It’s so nice to scrub in the shower with one of these!
It using India also 😅😅😅.... when it use newly.... it's hurt 🤕
@@GamingmayukhYeah, It’s a bit rough when it’s new! Also, one needs to be careful with the seeds inside of it, they slice like Gillette!
@@maitelima6660 ya...I know...
In America these plants are plentiful inside all the Walmarts that also are grown natively
They grow like cucumber. Or squash. If you harvest them while young and small they’re edible and tender. If left to grow you get the luffa sponge.
😂 they copied from India (U will come to know in past early centuries Indian use this to clean there body by rubbing it)
@yourlover2078 you guys try to claim every invention, but I know india isn't known for their bathing innovations
@@NogGonnaMakeIt Claiming credit for inventions is just a reflection of our rich history and contributions. Perhaps you could learn a thing or two from our ambition and creativity.
..India
@@yourlover2078comeon man writing was in every part of the world does this mean it was originated from india ? 😂
"he perfected his wacking method over the last 3 years"
😂 i know. Had me rolling on the floor. What a craftsman! Pure professional.
it was lockdown, give him some 'slack'
Same. Its been dry boys.. its been dry😅😢
Beat me to it. I’m 37 and very mature 😅
I am from China, my grandma use this to wash dishes and do some cleaning, she plant them in her yard and dry them, we also use it in our home, very natural and safe
They are safe only until until they ripen in a month with 2 full moons. When this happens, in the middle of the night of the second full moon, they release themselves from their plant, run quietly inside the house, and jump up and down on sleeping people until their seeds all fall out.*
This can be quite traumatic for tourists and visitors.
Children are taught from an early age to sing the "Loofah take your seedy jumping back to the garden" song. This generally works well for domesticated loofah, but wild loofah become confused and run off to other parts of the house where they tend to knock stuff over and break it. This is the main reason why loofah gardens must be tended carefully, and wild loofahs are grown either well away from houses, or in plots with tall fences.
* Seeds of the loofah, not of the people.
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Na minha infância era exatamente isso servia para lavar louça e esfregar no corpo na hora do banho na minha cidade já está urbanizada e difícil de encontrar essa planta
@@osvaldoaraujo5113I wish that I could grow it! Apparently it can grow in many places.
Getting all the seeds out can be painstaking. I didn’t grow that many. However I have had a couple hundred the last season I grew them on a 8 (2 X 4 feet) foot long hooped trellis. One of my favorite things to grow.
One of our uses- I use them for painting foliage in my Art work.
😂 they copied from India (U will come to know in past early centuries Indian use this to clean there body by rubbing it)
@@yourlover2078😂🤦♀️
We used to grow this in my parents garden. Ate it as veggies and not used ones will be dried and used as loofas for body scrub and dish scrubs.
😂 they copied from India (U will come to know in past early centuries Indian use this to clean there body by rubbing it)
A fruit, a vegetable, a scrubber, a fibre and what not. This is a natural blessing for the farmers.
Society: "let's buy the $0.50 cheaper one made from petrochemicals that never biodegrade" : /
@@untaintedwheelchair Because it's cheaper
Until they realize how easy it is to grow luffas. When you don't need more sponges, you can just eat it (eat the young ones). When you need more sponges, just let it grow for a few more weeks, then harvest. You don't really need to ferment then, just let them mature completely off the vine
they do biodegrade. Anything that didn't biodegrade would outlast the heat death of the universe.@@untaintedwheelchair
Hii @@untaintedwheelchair
Between this, latex trees and cork trees, nature really is the most inventive force out there
God is :)
@@lindozee💀
YT recommended the other YT shorts to u also I c 😆 🤣 (about the corks etc.)
The harvesting of cork trees then making corks is really cool.
Nature isn't, it's humans that work out how to take advantage of nature's resources. Luffa doesn't exist to become a sponge, it didn't invent this
In the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 they are very famous!!! They have been used for a long time to wash the dishes, shower, and everything under the sun that involves cleaning and personal hygiene. We call them "musú", esponja (sponge), "estropajo" and other names that I don't remember 😅. But if you have a backyard big enough, you can definitely grow them 😉
Its actually a part of cuisine in asia, and in India different parts of the country have different names for it and is used to many types of dishes. Its popularly called as Tori
My jaw dropped! I never knew these were living plants!
me too 😅
Most of the ones we have are fake, the real ones are better for your skin but don't last as long
You are not alone, most westerners are out of touch with nature and quite ignorant about what grows naturally. For example, Joe Rogan didn’t know peanuts (groundnut) grow underground of the peanut plant.
I mean, all plants are living. 🤦♂️😂😂😂
Then you will probably be even more shocked to know that sponges (like the real ones that they used before the 1960's) are animals. We nearly harvested them to extinction before synthetic sponges became common.
At nearly 50 years old I had no idea luffa's were plants...always thought they were like sea sponges or something...neat
Me 2 !
I thought they were plastic
The cheap ones we normally buy are artificial
@@MirsTrip I thought they were all artificial, always assumed they were plastic or something there of. Fascinating 😉
😂😂😂😂😂😂it is actually a yummmy vegetable. When dried it becomes loofa
Di Indonesia itu namanya Bulustru gunanya untuk menggosok badan ketika mandi pake sabun dan di gosokkan ke badan, dan akan membantu mengangkat kotoran dari kulit luar kita, yang gatal " jadi hilang, kalau masih sangat muda bisa di buat sayur untuk di makan karena kalau sudah di rebus atau ditumis akan menjadi lembut dan lunak, enak makannya di campur nasi
For us Filipinoes lufa is a vegetable that helps minimize high blood pressure 😊😊😊 we make it soup with other variety of veggies
In india many villages we use it for free when it is green we eat as vegetable and we left few in plants to dry for making soft sponge for bathing ....Thank-you nature .❤❤❤
***Thanks for 1.6k likes***
**We all are equal in the eyes of Nature**
They are just copying our practices and gave them fancy names to show they found that. 😂
How do you know this? any links?@@AyushRaj-ur9em
What is this thing? I have never seen it in my life, does it have a Hindi name?
@@cocobean.72 nanua, gehwda and etc.
Same here in Uganda!
I am amazed at the people who didn’t know Luffa’s were plants. We grow them in Florida!
No, I did know they were plants the moment I saw them.
I just never knew they existed in the first place.
@@vivvpprof I don’t think I knew it right away. I just have known for a long time. There are fake ones too.
LOLOL, that would be me! I had no idea until recently and used to used them frequently during the 90s!!
I thought it was a gift from the ocean
Honestly I didn't know that either!! 😂😂
$3 per sponge is robbery
It should be $1 for 10
Wow !glad I got to watch and learn something new .Wonderful job and God bless you .
i had no idea loofahs are plants.. amazing.
Same😮
@@billgreen1861 Artificial made?🤷♂️
Ya man, today I learned...
I thought loofahs were sea sponges which would make them animals.
@@billgreen1861 I wear their skin and hair, but as for cleaning, that seems limited to cars.
In India we have been using this loofahs from since ages, we eat this vegetable when it is green and riped, it is used for washing utensils, for having bath as scrubber, for scrubbing rough surfaces etc
It is made from a vegetable called Nenua in India , Sponge guard in English
$3 dollars for this😂😂. Hamare yaha yeh free me mil.jata hai
Amazing 🖤
Hi, in English we say “using” when we’re doing something right now. For example: “I am using a spoon to eat my cereal”. In this sentence I am eating cereal right now. We say “use” when we are doing something in general. For example: “I use a spoon to eat my cereal”. In this sentence I am not eating cereal right now, but I want to tell you I use a spoon when I do.
Edit: she edited her original comment, and fixed the mistake.
@@rkidydude the comment is littered with grammar and spelling that needs correcting. Why have you commented on that specific error?
@@UtterlyClueless1One misspelling at a time
Proud to be Indian 🇮🇳
Jai Hind 🇮🇳🙏🏻
Man's just put his hand in boiling water like "no big deal"😂
“He’s perfected his whacking method over the last three years.“ (Just continues slamming cage)
😂😂😂
he and I aren't too different after all
Nkgga if there’s already a top comment saying this exact bullshit why would you say it
I’m so weakkk
I took me until I was about 15 to perfect my tech
Growing up in Ghana, this was the sponge we used until it was replaced by the fishing net-like type. Thank goodness I found it again and back to my roots. Feels good and massages the body well well. ❤
I always hated the fishnet types
Go back to Ghana if you miss it so much.
@@BOT_JERRY I live in Ghana and I am very fine, bro. Thanks
@@BOT_JERRY _BREAKING NEWS: Some bigot troll just took a huge L. More details at __5:00__._ 🤣🤣🤣
@@BOT_JERRYHe said neither that he misses it nor that he left. Bigot loser fail
in India we have used that for thousands of years... and yeah no body asks for money.. it's readily available in villages
Seeing it get pressed flat at the end was a plot twist
This was very cool to see. I've used loofas all my life and never knew they started a plant. I'm 51... You really never stop learning.
This is wrong.
@@GayleClantonand who said you tht? This used to grow in my backyard.. used for years in my childhood
@@GayleClanton what's wrong? You do stop learning?
@@GayleClanton no it's not
My loofas come from gourd seeds.
in Philippines we called it "patola" and eat it while it's young
Same with us in indonesia, we called it "oyong" and we can make soup from it when it's young
Patola means a slap on the neck in my dialect
Of course you do.
@@amaliaanjani4357 wahhhh ternyata itu oyong ya? Baru tau njirr ternyata pas tuanya bisa jd sponge
Here in Kerala, india we also eat this when it is young.
POV - INDIANS ARE DOING THIS FROM THE START OF TIME 😂😂😂
Boiled in a natural spring is such a huge flex, retailers will market the SHIT out of that.
That's pretty impressive. I've been wacking for over 40 years and I still haven't perfected it yet.
?
I perfected mine when I was 14.
Practice, practice, practice.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that
Ur using the wrong hand
We actually use these for hard drives, on average we clock anywhere from 2.7 to 3.5 GHz. The ones that dont make the cut we use as roofing shingles in the harshest of environments.
I just bought some of these, that packaging is what made me realize it! Its kinda cool to see the whole process and then realize its the same one you bought
When I was a kid our family used to grow luffas (丝瓜 in Chinese) in our South facing balcony. The fast growing climbing vines provided a nice shade against the Summer sun, fresh fruits were cooked & eaten as tender vegetables, and older ones were dried and used to clean dishes as shown in this video. The only difference is they were much smaller than the ones seen here.
There are different varieties of luffas,some small ,some medium,and big and shape varies too, and some varieties have nice aroma.. i love eating them,good vegetables
Also meant if they were the same species/kinds here, then they were picked as babies (tasty, edible palatable) little not let to grow that large (not really palatable, or too fibrous to be edible) .
Maaan I miss eating that.
What does the plant taste like?
@@TheCandiceWangdoesn't taste like anything at all. Very bland. That's why they're eaten cooked
These things grew all around my neighborhood in Northern Nigeria in the Nineties. Mom would just pluck them, whack them, then leave them in Milo tins for a couple of days, before she used them to scrub the LIFE OUT OF MY SKIN. I dreaded them as a kid.
That's pretty racist
/s
😂😂😂 oh no that’s terrible
😂😂😂😂😂
@@maxz69Greatly & Properly PUN!! Hard to find these days 👏
What?? @@maxz69
I feel stupid not knowing these things are grown and not made
These need to be the most popular product for washing oneself
I used to grow them. They feel so good on your skin. I might start growing them again.😊😊
Id love to grow it too, how do you?
No one asked 😊😊
@halflifecrowbar I got my seeds from my previous harvest, but you can get them online, too. Just be patient, they're slow at the sprouting stage.
@@Southern.Nappiness awesome thank you so much
@@Akuma-ti7wi I must be no one then 😳
In those days in my village in Nigeria, we also used it as sponge. We never ate the cucumbers. They were called wild cucumbers, very much smaller and shorter than these ones.. They grew in the bushes around the house and in the forests. When they were dry, we cut them open with a knife and removed the seeds. Voila ! My sponge was ready.
We used it to bathe. We also used it in washing posts. The first use of it was very hard on the skin.
I think that somewhere in the villages, they are still being used that way. I thank God that I was born and bred in one of the deepest villages in Nigeria.
You'll still find them in some open markets in Lagos actually...I used them growing up too.
I was today years old when I found out luffas are natural organisms
young luffas are edible. It's a sweet and wattery vegetable.
I am from India. Luffas are the green vegetables in the young age. When it is dried after its full age it becomes like this. It is used to clean the body skin to remove dead cells. Peoples are having their own wine of luffas in kichen garden.
P Op+😊😊
It was probably taken to Europe and became a big market there. So much stolen from India and Asia.
Everyone knows that
Hey not everyone has perfected their wacking method, alright?@@SemenTheSailor
@@SemenTheSailorI didn't
His whacking method is off the charts dude… perfection
elite whacking
Perfected over many years aswell. Wow! True craftmanship💪🏼😅
Helluva Whack job
Turn natural sponge into unnatural sponge😂
GRABE NABIHLA KAMI SA 1HR VLOG NIYO 😂😂😂 TALAGANG SKRRRRTTTTTT🎉
I have only just learned that a louver is a natural organic product Amazing
Damn, I'm 40yrs old and had no idea luffa's were a plant. I thought they were just made in a factory 🤣
Me too! My mind is blown 🤯🤣
Yeah, I thought they were made from sea sponges O.O!
Noooo ...just t organic ones
In our place it's a vegetable while it's tender but once they are hard we use as loofa
you've probably used mostly plastic ones your whole life. the real ones are more expensive
Better (and more environmentally friendly) than those cheap plastic ones for exfoliating the skin👍
Plants are better than plastics...😊
… And more ancient.
According to health professionals they are unhealthy.
All that dead skin in the loofah holes, in the warm humid air of the shower/bathroom, is a perfect breeding ground for bacteria.
However, there are probably more important things to worry about😊
Or are there?😉
@@everest9707 do you perhaps use the same sponge for months? Yikes.
@@lick28 no, I don't use any sponge.
I shed the natural way.
Kinda sounds gross putting it that way 😂
Luffas and plumbusses are some underrated home utilities.
I use these and they last forever and work just as good if not better, highly recommended them
"HE'S PERFECTED HIS WHACKING METHOD"😂😂😂💀
Yell me about it 😂
3 years? I've been working on mine for 15.
daddyyy❤
Be original copycat
This man has to have the softest hands known to humanity lol
😂
More likely the driest.
Probably super dry unless he moisturizes lol. It would be super uncomfortable and his hands would crack like crazy if he doesn’t at least a little
I had no idea!
If you cut the top off the dried plant and shake it seeds will fall out without any resistance. Soaking them will actually make it tough out seeds, hence having to repeatedly whacking it. And loofah fruit is perfectly edible when harvested young.
That's SO COOL!!
I have to admit it's neat to finally be able to visualize what the plant actually look like!!
When I was a kid, I never realized they were made from some kind of squash type thing
I literally just learned this right now while watching the video haha
Well most these days are clearly fake and made from plastics
Not every sponge are made of that, some are made of sponges
Is is part of the gourd family. That's why it's called a loofah gourd.
There are sea sponge loufas too
Used to collect these with my grandpa and my brother when we were kids. It's been about 15 years since I last picked one off a tree, yet I can still feel it. Rip gramps ✝️🕊
Golden memories.
They grow from vine...climb trees nearby if there was no atructure to climb on. I have them in my garden right now.
RIP gramps 🙏
In Egypt, we use it without getting pressed. And that long loafa stays for ever as we cut part of it for showring and the rest stored for another time. But it has to be changed every couple of months and be kept dry between showers.
This thing is free of cost in indian villeges 😂😂
it's vegetable plant. if you don't pluck early it will become like this. we in India, also use that as natural scrubber for bathing and cleaning dishes (pots).
In Mexico as well. But not to eat. I see in some countries they are eaten 👏👏
@@annabelles1622we eat the young ones in the Philippines it taste really good it' has a mild sweet taste maybe similar to a summer squash. Very good with soups
@@anamaganda9352 It sounds very good. Interestingly enough, even though my grandmother had this plant in Mexico, it never ever crossed our minds to eat it. I would try it if I had the opportunity. It’s just a scrubber for us. Thanks for responding! ☮️
@@annabelles1622 growing up we never eat avocado savory, it's usually as is or as dessert with condensed milk or made into ice cream. I only learned to it in guacamole when I moved to Canada
@@anamaganda9352 Wow! how interesting! Did you like the guacamole? I’ve heard of avocado ice cream but it doesn’t sound tempting to me. As a child, the only thing I would eat for a long time was avocado on a piece of toast with salt. I always say that I invented avocado toast in the 60’s 😅😅
Also I love it in a warm corn tortilla with salt.
What do you like better now? Savory or sweet?
That whacking technique must be taught to the rest of humanity. Protect this man at all costs!😂
That whacking technique... It's so refined and perfect!
Loofas are in use for 1000 years in India.
Loofas are free here...grows here and there in our Village...but the synthetic sponges had replaced them for a certain period of time, but now we understand, loofas are way more better in all terms, and we use it now and will be using for years to come.
Bhai...aap loofa ko kya kahte ho?
Conheço como bucha desde criança, até hoje uso , gosto de usar pra tomar banho 😊
Toriye?
@@Sanatani-pq4xfarey bhai humare gaon me isko Chopra bolte hai, aur isko nahane ke time body gishne me use karte hai.... Ab to plastic ka milne laga hai
@@hardroxxx5923 haa bhai... bachpan me mummy isee se body ragad ke nahlati thi...jab ye hard rhta h to BC...halat kharab ho jati h isse body rgdne me😅
Best sponges EVER! They don't get smelly, gentle yet able to remove grime, last longer than standard sponges AND 100% biodegradable. They are even edible.
Kindly do not eat them after using them
@@SodiumSyndicate A mid-shower snack.
They really shouldn’t last longer, most recommend replacing after 2 weeks.
I only learned luffas were plants like a year ago, I learned as a kid that sponges were animals and assumed luffas were as well and was never corrected
For YEARS I thought loofas were some kind of coral and that’s why the coral reefs were being destroyed
In Assam India, it's called Bhol, young bhols are eaten as curry, mature ones are used for scrubbing, smaller in size, naturally grows but can be grown as vegetable. Never knew it has such elaborate business potential.
Same here. In northern West Bengal, India, we call it "Dhundhul". It's consumed as a vegetable when it's green and plump and gets fibery when ripe. We've been using these for ages as loofah and sometimes for washing utensils as well.
In Bihar it is called "nennua "😊
@@Kumar-fg1cj in north bihar it is ghuiyraa
False everyone knows Indians don’t bathe
In Lower Assam and Mizoram, it's called "Thlengnawt". Also eat it when young and used for skin scrubbing or utensils scrub
Best thing to wash the dishes... if you keep it dry it last for months or even a year... you can use it on pans, and at the end you just compost it and it disappears...
😗Indians have used it for thousands of years so it's to common in India.... 😗🇮🇳 Jai Hind Jai Bharat vandemataram Jai Shri Ram 🙏
200,000/per year - $3 per PIECE
So, this easily clearing 1M/yr - probably 10 fold but i dont know how many sponges you can get from one.
Nature even gives us natural sponges its crazy
Umm sponges literally are natural they come from the sea…
We have all we need in nature❤
...and from more than one source in most of the cases.
Sponge Bob 🧽 can be found under the ocean
I wish they would also get and show information on shops or locations that the seller sells to. Id rather support farmers for the real thing than the synthetic ones thats on the market
Eco household shop online. Or Google loofah + your country.
Seriously because my whole 21 years on earth I didn’t even know loofa was a plant til now 😂😂😂
have to google for local stuff just dont buy anything that says Mad iN cHiNa 🥳
This brand is Iberluffa - and they're sold mainly in Europe (they have a website)
🎉🎉🎉. leslip🎉🎉🎉. bien d' accord avec vous sans hésiter tenez moi informée svp. merci 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊
I am 29 years old, and I only learned that loofahs are an actual plant this year. I always thought they were just a synthetic sponge that a company made.
me too til just now. 41
they are. most loofahs in store are at least.
I was 35 years old before I tasted loofah. My mother in law brought one from Sri Lanka and xooked it for me. I was amazed. Now it is one of my favorite dishes whenever I come to Sri Lanka.
I have a whole new respect for rhe loofah plant and the farmers who harvest them!
I've been working on my whacking method for 20+ years now. I wouldn't say I've perfected it, there's always room to improve. Strive for greatness.
I've been on it for 2 years now, Haven't made any innovation
😂😂😂
Perfection is merely minds limit 😂
😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂
Dude, this comment made me laugh way too hard.
I had no idea they came from plants😮
I was thinking the same thing!
So does everything. Spaghetti, cheese, pizza, cotton candy, etc etc.
well... there's plastic ones as well
@@_S._S._ yeah but those things are made with plants, like ingredients while this pretty much just is the plant just processed
@@BlastingKyogre oh i mean dont spaghetti and pizza grow on trees? Then we just pluck em, box em and sell em? You got me thinking now, did i get any of this wrong? Like I've been going to the supermarket since birth, so I'm pretty sure i got it right. What you mean processed? I'm a pure organic vegan i don't do none of that processed shit. Ew. I like my organic farm grown, non processed, farm to table spaghetti and meatballs.
Amazing favourite thanks you so much everyone
In many countries, these are still traditionally used as sponges.
I used these to shower in Africa back in the days while growing up. We just go into the bushes around the house and pluck them. They grew in abundance
Us too... Kenya here
Yeah they're still a standard for us sudanese people, you can even plant them and have a fresh stock every year
I had some in my house, here in Brasil.
Di masa kecilku, th 75 an.. ini tumbuh menjalar di dapur rumahku. Diambil saat buah sdh tua, utk mencuci piring. Saat ini sdh langka.. Senang bs liat tayangan ini ❤
Gambas langka?
Dan yang mudanya bisa di jadikan sayuran.
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Itu tuh oyong bu.
Buah apa itu😮
I did not know loofah was plant until today. We learn something new everyday. It is indeed true.
This man has the softest hands in the world "Believe or not"
In the Philippines we call it "Patola" we cook it as a dish you can add rice noodles or vermicelli, its so good and nutritious
di yan patola!!!
Sikwa in bisayas patola in tagalog
@@jamesandrewaves7507 it is indeed patola. However there are different types of *patola* or *sponge gourd* and one of them is like what shown in the video.
What does it taste like?
@@AlexAlex-ov9qe the young sponge gourd are use for cooking. When its cooked it is soft and has a sweet taste. And the mature ones like in the video used for making luffa.
Wow, those are huge!!! Loofah which grow in my garden are 1/10 th of its size
Same here. I wonder if there’s a giant variety I’ve not seen. But then, I’m not sure what I’d do with a humongous loofa 😊
Yeah same here. In my country they're usually called "gambas" or "oyong" (of course there are dozens of other names I don't know, we have hundreds of language in my country). It's very easy to grow, too, I've successfully plant them since I was 11. Free loofah all year long... $3 a piece sounds silly to my ears... 😅
Same for me when I was growing up in Africa.
@@LadyVoldemort Its called Dhoondool in India.
@@LadyVoldemort I never planted them in my country. All I ever do is try to get rid of them from my Ackee tree.
They grow like weed in my country.
I was amazed when I realized how much of a big business it was when I came to the USA.
A lot of things that I take for granted in my country, people pay big for here in America. Such an eye opener.
Once I hugged a giant Luffa. It was so soft, more than my life 🥺🥹
I still haven’t perfected my whacking method yet. Kudos to this guy
Here in Nigeria, we call it "kankan Ayaba" meaning "Queen's sponge"
What language is that? Yoruba?
The queen died mate.
👸🏽🧽
Gross
We used this as children 😊
It's quite popular in Nigeria, we use it has a local sponge for bathing
No. It's not popular in Nigeria at all. You are mistaken raffia palm sponge for lufa.
We have lufa in congo we use it to bath
@@user-st9ff1gp1swhat is raffia palm sponge , I know something like the one in the video that is popular in Benue,but its smaller. and so many people think its sponge for the poor.
😂 I want my 'like' back 😅 lol just playing
@@user-st9ff1gp1sactually it is . Very very common especially in the east.
I’ve been using them for years and always get compliments on my skin ❤
My back turned red after a bath just because of this thing 😂 the way my mom scrubbed my back when I was a kid, i hated this thing.
my grandparents used to grow these in the garden. The plant is gone like 15 years ago and they are too but I still use the sponges my grandpa made to this day 😌
Do they not get a build up of bacteria? Just boil them? I'm sorry, I'm not trying to bug, just understand 😅
I'm pretty sure it's similar to squash and is an annual, so it would have to be replanted every year. Any time it has come up on its own would be due to the fruit rotting on the ground. I think so anyway.
They boil to break down the chemicals and bacteria . They do build up bacteria over time @@Authorthings
😂 they copied from India (U will come to know in past early centuries Indian use this to clean there body by rubbing it)
Oh, we know how he’s perfecting that whacking method.
In Malawi we uses this to scrubs body its very good ❤
Nice, no chemicals involved, just natural goodness.
Wow!!! I was told they came from the sea, like a sea sponge. The things you learn, even at my age. Never too old too learn.
Luffas don't come from the sea, but there are bath sponges that do. And we call those sponges, not luffas.