How Luffa Sponges Are Made

[@ultrasvanessha5030]

damn nature give us everything even dishwashing sponge

[@DaniellesMicoMarley]

Thats called God :)

[@theanimatorcomposer9332]

THANK YOU NATURE

[@ultrasvanessha5030]

calm brandon, you need luffa sponges.

[@skylermp1364]

They gave us chocolate

[@ShebrewQueen]

@@SonsoftheEagle wow... that went left.

[@happyeagle92]

In Chinese we call it 絲瓜. The literal translation is "silky melon" because the texture is really soft when steamed. There is a slight sweet taste to it. We harvest it when it is young, before the Luffa part develops. In fact, once the Luffa is there, it's no longer edible, because it becomes too fibrous.

[@tirzxh]

That's interesting 😀

[@ez520]

I loved when my grandma making their own back in China. She always make more for all her children’s family

[@tacoshark8578]

My grandma grows them to make both food and sponge lmao

[@Ferpurses]

where I used to live we always used them just as sponges! we had no idea one can cook them !

[@katherinezp]

老丝瓜，我也不知妈妈去哪买的，她就是喜欢这种旧传统，说这种洗的干净。老美也会用，我去一家德州南方餐厅看到他们居然有洗衣板放在餐厅，看来全世界有共同点。

[@nardellymalagonnaranjo8512]

In latín america is used to wash and scrub our body... but now i will wash my dishes with it too.. thanks for your information...

[@khasualentertainment6734]

America 2

[@Historyjewels]

We only use it for showering where I'm from XD

[@demiray1097]

@@Historyjewels same

[@ultramc8410]

@@Historyjewels same

[@deleted2869]

@@Historyjewels yeah me too! I'm an Arab idk if that's a variable lol :P

[@riadas8434]

this is pretty common in Asian countries I suppose. You eat it, and when you miss to eat it at right time (as it grows too many fruits), you let it dry off to become loofa. I remember one season we had around 8-10 loofas lying around. Thats why for people from other parts of world it appears rather too exotic. It grows almost in every backyard or garden land space in semi-urban and villages in eastern half of India. Definitely better than the high priced nylon mess.

[@kimyn8408]

Ikr. I use it everyday and i don't have to buy it since we get it from our garden in village

[@forever____________young]

Lol yes its so common in northeast india

[@jooniesbonsai4064]

It's so eco friendly too, i never knew we could grow these in India

[@neelamrana6279]

@@jooniesbonsai4064 konsi jagah rhte ho india mei..ye tori hai ..aur jab sukh jati hai loofah bn jata hai😂

[@neelamrana6279]

@@jooniesbonsai4064 ye to india mei har jagah hoti hai...pehle k log isi se bartan dhote the..,nahate the..

[@jedimaster0667]

So you're telling me there's a biodegradable option for plastic sponges n stuff... Amazing. Keep the corporate junkies off these people

[@Dragon94560]

You can cook and eat that too while it's still young

[@gutwounds]

@@Dragon94560 eat my dish sponge after a whopping pile of dishes... well seasoned, i guess

[@perditabori8472]

@@gutwounds it's actually true. You can eat it when it's tender and before it turns to a sponge. It's actually tasty.

[@CarrieAnn77]

I know how amazing is that.. And they last 10 times longer than those plastic garbage things.. The plastic ones will sit in a landfill over 10,000 years. These are nature's fiber that will just disintegrate into the ground. Yet, most people just won't buy them which is crazy they lost a thousand times longer. I didn't even know you could use these for doing your dishes.

[@jedimaster0667]

@@CarrieAnn77 I'm gonna make it my mission to find where to buy them locally

[@MoxieBeast]

i still remember when these suddenly became available at the Asian grocery store when I was growing up, and how excited my parents where. i love EATING luffa too.

[@xubsplayground7777]

Moxie Beast ASMR Me too

[@cherrellbovain9138]

What did it taste like?

[@pooh4025]

I was wondering why the international store where I live sold them

[@dimitriymirovsky]

So what it taste like?

[@NilanjanKarAltVX1]

Dimitriy Mirovsky it tastes like the vegetable groud.

[@catatacc]

I can't believe I was today years old when I found out real luffas are a plant, and not a weird synthetic mesh hanging from a walmart aisle shelf.

[@Natalia-hf3et]

Yep😁😁

[@MrIhatepaper]

there is actually synthetic one so you are not completely wrong

[@MsBratz21]

Lol

[@kokichiouma1831]

I thought they were a sea sponge or something.....boy do I have news for my mom

[@SymbiontUVPlays]

same

[@prabhuseva6018]

We had been using these since age immemorial, (atleast in India) i remember my grandmother making these loofas for us when the sponge gourds ripened.....and when they are young and tender, used as vegetable in different recipes. They are indeed very useful and nature has provided us with such lovely things.

[@corona__virus]

한국에서도 마찬가지.

[@supernarl]

Young luffas are actually delicious when cooked. In the Philippines, it's stir fried with a lot of shrimps. ☺️

[@jerryperez5267]

you can add it in soups too. sinabawang gulay or saute it with sardines.

[@supernarl]

@@jerryperez5267 Definitely. Its sweet taste makes it superbly delicious. ☺️

[@helenavilla8867]

Yeah, stir fried sponges... Edit: im just kidding y'all, don't even take it seriously lmao

[@supernarl]

@@helenavilla8867 How dumb are you? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@jerryperez5267]

@@helenavilla8867 they made it into a sponge because when over-matured they are very fiberous just like in the video. young ones can be eaten as a veg. dumbass

[@cafezo87934]

I support this. everybody needs to take a bath or shower. this is useful and will never go out. organic and healthy is in right now and luffa sponges are as organic and healthy as it gets.

[@riaranta3150]

Ana Carolina “organic and healthy is in right now” That’s the problem.

[@lolyee931]

Ana Carolina My penis is in a blender right now, why isn’t everyone else’s

[@geeeckooo]

I mean, the sponges are natural, but they aren't necessarily _healthy_ unless you're eating them... but I get your point.

[@microscopicsquishing9243]

Also they are supposed to be pronounced loofah not luffa

[@tacoshark8578]

@Macaroni Butt the sponges was called loofah yes but the plant, specifically the gourd, is called the luffa squash.

[@renny489]

Literally almost half of the country: Oh yea, we just have these growing all over the place The US: YOU WHAT?!?

[@emmatumusiime5837]

Ikr?;yet the story makes it seem like the greatest human discovery has been made😹

[@melonbals5512]

bruh my mom grew these and used them for sponges and i just thought it was a wierd thing that she did

[@thefroggy5240]

brazilian here, my grandpa had a little farm filled with these 😂

[@rumblefish9]

@@thefroggy5240 these are edible before the fibers start to harden. We put them in soups in the Philippines

[@aanya3248]

...you know the US is a country, right?

[@malafanai4026]

In Third world countries, we use this rather than synthetic ones💕it literally grows on your backyard, your mini garden, the sidewalks, your neighbourhood’s window garden, you see this everywhere naturally.

[@tum6947]

Very true.

[@tum6947]

Its also the same in India. They don't need any care at all to grow

[@lystrawilliams9678]

So true, im from Trinidad and it's common here, but we call it" taw shaw"

[@Uke2405]

It is a weed

[@120paj]

Very true we used it alot in the Caribbean 🌻

[@reanisuii]

Idk what I expected them to be made from... but this wasn’t it

[@Wyttt95]

Irreleadas msp exactly, I had to check the upload date to make sure it wasn’t from April 1st

[@Meegoreng100]

I only recently knew that it was actually a freaking fruit since there's seed in it which is weird INSIDER how u gonna post this just after??

[@bquecha7526]

I thought it was just dried ramen noodles

[@indecentseas-]

me too... great comment.

[@meep8031]

THIS AIN'T IT CHIEF

[@abhiramisubhash583]

Me looking at my backyard "I never knew i was so rich"

[@procrastinatingcat6195]

Same!

[@kevinyoussef9821]

69 yeee

[@admiralackbar3615]

@Timothy Gagliano I live in a colder place so I’ve never seen a cactus in the wild, only in a few plant vases.

[@harshrahate9877]

@Suraj Panigrahi where is your village?

[@KiWi-bi1ht]

400 yeeeeee

[@AceViper141]

Im Brazilian and my mum love to have these around the bathroom she has a lot of them with nice soap that goes with it we never use nylon sponges only luffa and its dead cheap and more durable than nylon and we use it because its biodegradable...

[@Miojo_San]

I guess we're almost literally the same.... *Brazilian and use luffa sponges*

[@HerrNinguem]

suddenly caralho!

[@Miojo_San]

@@HerrNinguem *não xinga moço*

[@Feuervix]

@@HerrNinguem porra moço tenha respeito caralho

[@llpBR]

Travesseiro de paina também?

[@annierey6775]

This were the only sponges we used in my house growing up and I still used them! Actually my grandma planted some in our backyard and we got so many that we had to give them to the rest of the family or neighbors lol crazy how there's pol who doesn't know about this

[@pushma318]

We are also used this from our child wood. My great grandma was planted luffa as vegetables, when it ripened we used it for bathing , dishwashing, and so many cleaning purposes. Once planted it will remain there for years,If one of its seed remain in the garden.

[@phileenepeagch1807]

I grew up with scrubbing our body with these sponges back in Philippines. It’s very amazing finding out how it’s made 😍😍

[@HieroOnymos]

Yeah, we call them also tanggal-libag sponge. XD

[@joysantiago3608]

@@HieroOnymos i like that tanggal-libag word😂😂

[@sarahmacalalad9229]

@@HieroOnymos Patola

[@HieroOnymos]

@@sarahmacalalad9229 I know ma'am, pero sa pinatuyong patola tawag dyan sa'min tanggal-libag sponge. XD

[@lester7958]

Eh

[@boyinroses404]

In north africa my mom used to scrub the devil out of us with those when we were kids

[@komorebishinrinyoku5740]

I always thought they would hurt

[@boyinroses404]

@@Helpmereachsubscriberswithnore I am white lol

[@danielbarrera2276]

Thoses sponges hurt so bad

[@imapigeonyoupeasant1489]

@@boyinroses404 north africa or south?

[@retf8977]

Umm... which country in north Africa? Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Mauritania or Egypt? Cause' I am Egyptian

[@jeffkaplan8142]

Y'all need to partner with lush to get them to sky rocket.

[@szacharyf]

Jeff Kaplan - lush has already been skyrocketed! But yes, they should offer these in their stores! I was just there yesterday buying shampoo.

[@jeffkaplan8142]

Zachary Fehr I meant to get the sponges booming lol

[@szacharyf]

Jeff Kaplan - oh, that makes more sense! Well, this video is doing something, I literally bought a loofa and their face exfoliator right after watching.

[@zen3490]

Good job with the brig nerfs

[@jeffkaplan8142]

Zen Rapier34 we needed a healer

[@Missionlbsnaa6038]

In India, especially in Bihar we call it "nenuaa". It is a sweet pulpy vegetable, it is edible in its early stage, but when it grows big and get dried under the sun it is used is bathing sponge.

[@mobraksamar7022]

Yeah . I know right .

[@gulchamanbegum3372]

Also odishaa

[@dionysiacreado8667]

I would love to get my hands on these as I am from mumbai

[@purnimaroy2411]

In Bengal we call it dhudul......and as vegetable we cook it up with daal.....it's tasty and nutritious......

[@himanshgarg9194]

In Punjab and Haryana, we call it Touri ..it's in the same family of Ghiya

[@liliessijeuni7774]

Young luffa is very delicious made soup or sauteed. It is soft and slightly sweet.

[@Myrtillepeacherry]

Oh

[@sonospiacente3334]

Oh

[@yuyuy666]

Oh

[@redDL89]

Stir fried luffa is so good.

[@orchidslilliesandtulips]

@@sonospiacente3334 girl you dont need to comment that..

[@julieb3996]

I did not know Luffa came from a plant and not the sea, until a few months ago. I bought seeds and hope to plant them this year.

[@ThuyNguyen-gc4rx]

You can pick the fruit when it's still young and cook it. In my place, it is common to make soup from this kind of fruit. You can also stir fry it. Just make sure the fruit is young enough or it may be too tough to chew!

[@Diavolofromanotherwarudo]

@@pameladarlenewoodward8385 I don't know what to think about your comment

[@danieldebbarma]

Here in Tripura, India. Every monson season grows. This vegi grow in Tropical rainforest.

[@view1st]

@@ThuyNguyen-gc4rx what's it taste like?

[@lewiscleveland4661]

@@view1st taste like chicken.

[@alyallflags2558]

There are here in Mexico!! And are free!!

[@KhromeXx]

Really?? As in Ain't nothing really free

[@MYEofficiaI]

Well here in Chihuahua those ain’t free soo you’re half wrong

[@pomom123]

Efrain Garcia maybe not anymore because pretty much everyone now is out to make money off anything.

[@stevenzaur]

Lol i guess they are over south america too, cuz i remenber using this to play as a Child

[@krow000666]

A huevo, aquí se llaman zacates

[@reynaldjohncatriz]

in PH, we have 5 patches of these in our backyard for personal consumption. Yes, we plant this vegetable for food. The problem is that it just wont stop giving its fruits. We cannot sell it because almost everyone in the neighborhood has the same plant. It grows all year round. Summer is the perfect time to harvest Loofa sponges. Young fruitss are perfect for vegetable soup. They are watery and sweet. It pairs well with canned sardines. Just sautee the sardine and add the loofas. You dont even have to add water. Half of the volume of the loofa becomes the soup.

[@jambitivity]

Me: *Attempting to sleep* Brain at 1 am:Loofas Me: Brain No. Brain: BRAIN YES

[@Antiquirom]

XxEggø_SunxX XD 😂👌 why did I laugh at this!!! 😂👌

[@stevenbeaubien]

Me at 12:09am

[@AYL0XY]

Xd

[@Julz437]

You and me both 😂😅

[@someoneissomeone6382]

Has dream of eating it

[@ComfySunday]

Can you eat it

[@jjjulianne]

ComfySunday Well it’s a sponge..

[@kelseycoca]

Only if you chase it with dish soap

[@redxdragon91]

in the state where it is still unripe or green, yes. it can be used for sauteed vegetable dishes.

[@slav1453]

ComfySunday no lol

[@slav1453]

Patricia Sevilla you’re right my curios ass opened one before it was dry and it looked like a type of squash or something

[@choppking8738]

You know those Luffas are actually eaten when it's not matured like a sponge.

[@paris2993]

U south East Asian?!

[@acupcake90]

Stir fried it with eggs!

[@gufran_]

@@paris2993 yes , we eat as vegetable.

[@brybryyy3197]

Ya ya, but I dont like the taste of it tbh

[@emmaqiu]

Mena my fav dish!

[@roshanshrestha6195]

In Nepal, this is a vegetable we eat. This is call "Gheeraula" in the Nepalese language.

[@chrissyhill7890]

What's it tastes like? And how do you cook it? And do you season it with anything?

[@robind7359]

@@chrissyhill7890 First heat the pan.. Add some oil, when the oil is hot put some cumin seed then add onion, garlic ginger paste and fry it till its cooked well.. Then add turmeric.. Chilli powder, cumin and coriander powder.. After that add the veggie and add some salt..Then cooked it well.. Hope this helps😀

[@kalpanakhanal5387]

@@chrissyhill7890 Let me tell ya bro most of us Zen Z hate it.

[@dajag6846]

It’s one of my favorite vegetable.

[@dajag6846]

@@kalpanakhanal5387 not me

[@colimote1978]

In mexico we use that for hundreds of years i have a plant in my back yard we call planta de estropajo.

[@kb5598]

Yeess!! When I was lil I used to tell my grandma not to scrub me with the mecate cause it felt hard and rough like rope 🤣

[@Marlene5018]

In Mexico this is not “A novedad” everyone know it 😏

[@asianscense9431]

@@kb5598 same here , I used to hate it lol

[@tlacxztli_1]

Also called zacate

[@arial012]

Speedy Gonzalez

[@ankitsonu2511]

Did you know, We can eat them too. When we were younger we used to eat them when the fruit is young. Make curry out of it. If we needed loofah we used to leave them to mature.

[@kawaiilittlemonster3478]

Wow i love curry~😍🌸

[@shubham4845]

Hindi main kya bolte hain isko?

[@ankitsonu2511]

It's called Nenua or Jhingli where I live

[@Gb83197]

@@shubham4845 gilki

[@siddharth2796]

@MysteriousOklahoma tf what

[@roshanshah8020]

In Nepal We grow them in our Farm😂 I didn't know it's called luffa sponges. We also cook them for food when they aren't too old.

[@snowmanrainmaker]

You eat loofah sponges?

[@hillre14]

What do they taste like?

[@rachanaacharya1799]

@@hillre14 we eat the gourd when young. We make curry out of them. If we want to make a bath sponge out of that we just leave it in the plant to mature

[@XeroZVash]

We eat that also here in PH ,, it makes ur dish smell so good

[@hemantsingh123billy]

@@hillre14 something like pumpkin. Like most of vegetables 😁 . I never liked it but some people like it very much

[@RepampGhana]

Wow this really work I love this video watching from Ghana 🇬🇭

[@lulunneitham3760]

Where i live this plant grows in every household's kitchen garden. We eat it as veggies while they are young.

[@353-d8o]

That sounds kinda nasty

[@LeonArgent]

@@353-d8o it's basically a cucumber

[@buddhapiyao1315]

@@353-d8o This vegetable belongs to the "gourd" family. Ridge gourd, bitter gourd are some of the other kinds. when they are very tender, just the size of a small cucumber, they make good edible veggies and when they grow just a bit more, the pulp gets a bit fibrous and is excellent to clean your gut. in Indian villages where they grow this as a vegetable, sometimes they deliberately cook a few slightly fibrous ones to get rid of constipation. its only when you let it grow over a foot, its not edible anymore and farmers let it dry on the plant for loofahs.

[@akeilo_azore1579]

Yeah bro, same here in the caribbean

[@harmandersingh9076]

Same here

[@minecraftkunoichi7383]

I was today years old when I found out that loofas were grown on a farm

[@Tiger_dos]

Minecraft Kunoichi please stop saying that phrase.

[@susandetiquez6120]

I thought they were made from hard silk hahahaha

[@minecraftkunoichi7383]

@Nikki Torres WHAT

[@wennywat3716]

it is edible before it fully ripe.. the most delicious vege ever.. sauteed it with dried shrimps and some chili.. oh..heaven.. or you can make a loofa soup.. we call it 'petola' here in malaysia..

[@sammshoyu8434]

This meme is kinda overused.

[@coco1255]

Here in japan,elementary schools, grows plants depending on your grade level for (1st grade 🍅 2nd 🌷 3rd 🥔 4th cucumber 🥒 etc... ) for me when I was in 5th grade we grew that plant 🌱 and peeled the skin, then the teachers cut it so students can bring them back home. I miss Japanese elementary school 🏫

[@Funkoh]

In my kindergarten school,we play and learn nothing but we do learn that snack is bad and you should never eat it

[@Tootisepop]

@@Funkoh ikr

[@animus444k]

@@*Drifty * I don't understand why Americans think someones lucky for living in Japan until they move there and realize that they had maybe around 12 hours of sleep for the whole week and would be shamed by your superiors if you tried to take a day off. The grass is always greener on the other side.

[@vykeschofield725]

In grade 3 in Canada we also grew potatoes, but not the rest of it. I would have missed Japan Elementary school too if I had gone through it,

[@husseinn.3851]

Elementary school in Japan looked so cool , I'm sad I never get to go ...

[@nardash30]

when he cut open the dried luffa at 0:28 , one got 3 seed holes and the other one got 4 holes.. AMAZING

[@cricketwebs]

with 3 seed holes is female and with four seeds is male. it's also used to find out male capsicum and female capsicum

[@LLCL2012]

Latinos: We have been using those plants for centuries. Asians: Hold my beer.

[@emptyricebowl]

*sake, plum wine, soju, rice wine, lemongrass wine, etc although beer works too

[@mavisgrace5403]

Caucasians: Hey guys look what we found “Centuries late to the party”

[@DBT1007]

Caucasians use sea sponge for their sponge. Hence the name is sponge in English. Or maybe the opposite? They discover sponge first and then call that creature as sea sponge? Idk.. And because they use sea sponge, the sponge population decrease greatly in the past. Maybe in the Renaissance era. That's why they searching sponge alternatives and now today we have synthetic sponge. Made from plastic. So sad... Hope people go back using either sea sponge or this sponge plant. Now people have technology n knowledge to make a farm in almost every environmental condition. No more synthetic sponge! (btw, my sponge is cellulose sponge. It's from wood cellulose. Biodegradable)

[@forgodsakestopplz7944]

@@DBT1007 know how toxic some sea sponges are and how stupid ppl can be, i bet is safer to stick with the earth ones

[@efrainoctavio3506]

The plant is native to asia, so I guess asian people used them way before

[@ifyousubtomeyouwillgainabs6072]

*what did you do to spongebob?*

[@danielguan563]

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[@schmadeke]

I feed luffa to my chinchillas

[@yudikurina1871]

SpongeBob is synthetic, and not natural. that is where his edgyness comes from dx

[@bellenesatan]

@@yudikurina1871 he's a natural sea sponge.

[@craftybeans9905]

Yudi Kurina Who said he’s synthetic

[@biismala]

In México it name are “estropajos” and are used for centuries here and Latinoamérica.

[@timeladie]

Americans discover estropajos.

[@the_oky]

Dude, I am from Brazil and I NEVER KNEW THEY COME FROM A PLANT

[@the_oky]

Btw in Brazil its esponjas actually

[@alexismarmol305]

Estropajo is correct . Also here un Dominican Rep.

[@Louis-kw6yk]

@@the_oky omg, I'm from Brazil too, but like these sponges are so common, they literally grow everywhere

[@akankshyapattanayak4158]

This tree was in our garden when I was a kid ...It tastes bitter ..😁😁 Love to see the marketing of this organic luffa .. Love from India 🇮🇳🙏

[@joseochoa244]

I grew up using the sponges we used to have plants in our back yard in Mexico

[@linnmey2034]

Jose Ochoa that is soo cool

[@jasmindelacruz3667]

YESSS!!!!

[@mceliagrimaldom605]

I did too!

[@xx_d_a_i_s_y_xx6688]

Same

[@alemancastro276]

Yes nosotro tambien teniamos una guia (planta que se enrreda )

[@atsukorichards1675]

Yes. This is called Hechima (ヘチマ) in Japan, and has been used as a sponge, especially to scrub one's body. Love to see it is in America! I still remember that we planted them to observe as a science project in the 2nd or 3rd year of the elementary school.

[@renlybaratheon9683]

Had this plant in our backyard and didn't realize I was buying the plant we have available Haha I'm loving this sponge, no odor and no chemicals. Just 100% natural 👌

[@diana056]

I remember having this on my backyard in the DR. I love taking a shower with this.

[@zoeyjoziee8885]

FINE ILL WATCH IT KZbin UGHH

[@iknowyourerightbut6246]

I can feel you bro

[@bodine.]

Fuentes I swear bro

[@rogertorrez1798]

Ikr 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Raemnant]

And thus, here I am

[@caseyarena5943]

you see those three tiny little dots next to the video? click it and click "Not Interested" Now you dont need to tell everyone about the fact you watched the video.

[@reeseyme9613]

those sponge are biodegradable until they put plastic wrapping over it...

[@pmteaches]

Not thinking they need to be wrapped in plastic, but they probably feel covering it keeps out bugs. No one will want to buy it with bugs crawling thru it.

[@viviancharm8505]

Reesey Me depends on the brand. Been buying mine without any plastic packaging.

[@simmimon]

A lot of sponge, soap sellers etc use a biodegradable plastic that is a shrink wrap.

[@Dre12008]

Who cares. Would you rather have a plastic sponge or a luffa?

[@tobikms1709]

@JayLeeBeanz depends how much you use it, but I can imagine that a whole sponge lasts around a year.

[@ivyfajardo1930]

Here in the philippines we use those too as skin scrubber when bathing. Nice for exfoliating Also when its not that mature enough, like its still soft, we cook loofa or patola in filipino, we add that in diningding, sotanghon or misua with sausages. Its kinda like cucumber but it.is sweeter and softer when you cook it unlike cucumber its crunchy and juicy soury

[@luisasanchez2204]

Oh, I didnt know you could eat that! !! I use it to exfoliate my skin and I love it 😍

[@plumpbunnychunky8460]

Growing up in a Mexican household I saw these all my life and I didn’t really know why they were used as sponges but I am obsessed with the smell of them .

[@meep8031]

Bruh every Mexican be having one of these at home 😂

[@luciamaria7780]

The Americans thinks they owns everything smh

[@luciamaria7780]

there are tons of Luffas in indonesia too

[@meep8031]

@@luciamaria7780 wow that's pretty offensive to some ppl considering that not all Americans think that way smh

[@dextmccool9953]

@@luciamaria7780 He never said that Americans owned this he said the opposite.

[@Grandiloquent]

every African has these at home too lmao

[@Corona8586]

Buddy they grow everywhere in Honduras. I grew washing myself with them even till now. My family brings them to me from Honduras.

[@safraniaa4899]

They grow everywhere now

[@spicysushi1232]

I’ve been lied to my whole life. I thought this was a dried up sea creature.

[@nikhilreddy8550]

Yeah, why did I think the same as well. There has to be some truth to it, right?

[@spicysushi1232]

@@nikhilreddy8550 I think some are made from sea sponges but I thought they all were 😂

[@nikhilreddy8550]

@@spicysushi1232 Yeah, I did google it now as well. Guess, we both made the same wrong assumption. 😋

[@spicysushi1232]

@@nikhilreddy8550 I always felt bad and never bought them. Now I can since I know a life wasn’t taken >:D

[@pedriinhopedriinho299]

What? How dumb are you? Sea creatures dont have seeds.

[@wilsonherbito9490]

I love Luffa use every bath, your skin make softer, white skin,and fine lines.

[@tinytt854]

I like being Black. Guess I'll pass.

[@madiala4613]

We have these trees in my village These sponges are actually used for showering here in Uganda

[@emanuelcarvalho8510]

and most important its eco-friendly

[@MsHeavenly]

I don't use any other sponge. This sponge scrubs the toxicity of the day out of ya

[@auburnivingroomga]

@@MsHeavenly FACTS. and ayye uganda gangg

[@hanniballecter7103]

Same here in East India, never liked the nylon sponges, these luffa sponges are slightly abrasive but get all the dead cells off the skin.

[@klaii7196]

@@MsHeavenly Is the person in your profile picture you? Dam you are beautiful!

[@borisxer]

we actually eat that in The Philippines and is considered as Vegetable. We also use it as scrub when it is old.

[@zarss02]

Sure bro. It is a vegetable to eat but they grow for spong

[@olivias4911]

Why do I always find myself watching how it’s made at 3am

[@pastelheart1778]

Same with me

[@jonny45k44]

Probably to tire out your brain is my guess.

[@theonlyrealcdub]

3am now lol

[@jrproductions5612]

Because that's when you were made 😏

[@chris52209]

Your not the only one i do it too! But at 2:00 AM.

[@sushreesuchismita6003]

For years, we have been using it as a bath and dishwash luffa in Indian villages. And the children play it for the sound that comes from its seeds..☺️

[@fionalin5559]

My grandparents actually grow them.

[@annic7995]

Don't they feel good when you break off the skin? 😃 I miss that. 🙀

[@emocutie4]

So did my grandparents growing up as a child there pretty cool

[@TheCadalee]

Dudeee yess

[@zhangwei4622]

Same with mine, it also makes for great soup.

[@sk8alldamnday595]

@@zhangwei4622 how the hell you make soup with that?? Lol

[@xGiberish]

These things are a million time better than synthetic sponges, showers will never be the same.

[@Igrouve]

@Ver Nimpson I prefer scrubbing steel wool on my genitals.

[@theweakbeast7833]

@@Igrouve idk sandpaper has a a nice feeling too

[@debyanggraini7034]

And I dont know we can talk about how good it feels to rub something on our genital so openly these days. So amazing.

[@kainfowler3686]

@Ver Nimpson ... you share it with your family?

[@cplpetergriffin1583]

@Ver Nimpson you can do that in any country...

[@checkmyplaylist6879]

*what the h word, is that SpongeBob?*

[@youmaybehighstrungbutimlok1601]

Yes it is

[@LizzyyAnimates]

H W O R D

[@Gobblewonker]

Check My Playlist woah there buddy, might wanna watch that mouth of yours

[@woowoowoowoo916]

Check My Playlist I’m gonna say the h word do you dare me? Heck

[@Noon-ej2ds]

This is so innocent XD

[@rumelabosemishra295]

Grew up using these for absolutely free of any cost. They were soft and scratchy veeeery soothing.

[@Nokdu490]

We call the vegetable "Patola" here in the Philippines, and we also make it a soup.

[@marshdidit1676]

OMG THATS PATOLA?- I'VE BEEN EATING THAT FOR YEARS AND I DIDNT KNOW WE HAD ONE HANGING IN THE CR

[@miradaewhitespell2790]

Hala legit haha! Very surprising.

[@axcolleen]

I didn't know aaaaaa

[@antithesis2211]

Damn! I didn’t know, thanks. We eat those things before it turns into a sponge! PATOLA An amazing plan!

[@antithesis2211]

LMAO! I just asked my mom about this plant, and she said it’s the vegetable she puts with the miso soup and shrimp. Also, she also knows that they call it loofah here in the states. I thought all along those things came from the sea.

[@jeyart94]

Literally every ethnic person knows what that sponge is.

[@elcompagenito3250]

Every Hispanic

[@qaaris4280]

Well, this video is targeted at the people who _don't_ know what it is.

[@amaisniazi1809]

*laughs in south Asian countries *

[@joatanpereira4272]

Everyone is ethnic, what do you mean?

[@Kara_Kay_Eschel]

@@joatanpereira4272 Think they mean non-white/European.

[@jadecummings8093]

Wow, this is so cool! I've never seen that before.

[@JG-lv1wq]

Jade Cummings we had a tree in our backyard :)

[@poptartlover6517]

Jade Cummings then you’re an idiot

[@TotanDas1991]

in India, it is a wild climbing tree and I use it since my childhood for free.

[@JG-lv1wq]

Poptart Lover Why are you being so mean?! These trees are common in Asia that’s why we know about it. There are a lot of things in this world that might be new and fascinating for you! Just because people in other parts of the world don’t know about it, doesn’t mean they are idiots!!

[@kenthien353]

This is the ecologic sponge Asians used to have while washing our dishes. Pretty nostalgic for me.

[@kookiejam8184]

It's the legendary "ghiraula" here in Nepal And back in my village we too used it as a sponge Brings back memories ❤❤

[@sitalabhattarai]

thank god , here i found ghiraula

[@kookiejam8184]

@@sitalabhattarai 😹😹 This is fate Ghiraulale jurayo🤣 Have a nice dayy🌻🌻

[@sitalabhattarai]

@@kookiejam8184 haha yeah 😄 💕

[@pratikshasubba9537]

Sabai bhanda wakaii lagdo sabji🥴🤣🤝

[@kookiejam8184]

@@pratikshasubba9537 I might be the only exception then cause I kinda like it 😂

[@ajtinambacan6211]

here in the philippines,,we called it PATOLA its vegetable,,its a kind of soup with a meatballs..

[@kentangajaib3350]

Did you guys also use it for shower?

[@aminatasoumare3420]

I use it to wash myself lmao didnt know it was a vegetable omg

[@damatically]

@@kentangajaib3350 yea we do too i just dont know its the same thing lol

[@celestialjunipers6829]

Wait wtf?????

[@celestialjunipers6829]

I know patola but i didnt know it's the loofah

[@itsmeroky]

What a happy family. They sponging up happiness.

[@drfaizu1382]

In India it's called nenua or jhimni , it's a vegetable . If you leave it for more time for overgrown it's become like that and you can store seed for another season and you can use this sponge ....

[@rashmisingh2235]

Nenua went global.

[@hope4fur130]

So cool! Absolutely in love with how they saw this weird unknown thing, did their research, and made it into something big for them❤

[@crumpz]

when its young and fresh, it's a very tasty dish, usually cook with shellfishes, like little neck clams. we have them since forever and I can think of at least 10 ways to cook them right now. When they grew pass certain stage, they become too hard to eat, we will use them the same way, mostly to wash dishes. lol

[@ccmmacaroon2696]

Oh cool! What recipes do you recommend?

[@nekovibe]

Word ma man! We eat it too out here in the northern Eastern parts of India!

[@nekovibe]

@@ccmmacaroon2696 you can pretty much cook it in anything! I would recommend using the soft unriped ones in curry! Like cut it in small slices and cook it together with curry! You will be amazed! We even boil it in broths! Pretty much use it how you cook you regular green veggies!

[@Introvertsan]

How would you describe the taste?

[@jcassel61]

@@ccmmacaroon2696 scrape the skin before you cut it and cook it. If if is starting to get the fibers in the flesh it won't be as good. It will look kind of like a skinny green zucchini.

[@macalozhebelev]

I DONT EVEN KNOW THAT WAS MADE LIKE THAT

[@OKae88]

Grown, not made

[@Ryanlexz]

Cause you are a dumb Kgaypop fan

[@nikijasminee]

@@Ryanlexz and that is totally irrelevant

[@Ryanlexz]

@@nikijasminee also i don't think is irrelevant when in fact 90% of saudi ecomony is depenece on oil

[@hanann13]

@@nikijasminee I guess we just have to ignore him?? Like, jeez his answers I-

[@ruazama.christineo.7672]

We call those plants in the Philippines, "Patola". They can be eaten when they are still young but when they went mature, usually people let them fall off the ground and decay and their seeds grow another plant. Some uses them as loofah or dishwashing sponge or laundry brush. 😊

[@SurinderKumar-yx3eh]

I had used this sponge when I was very young. My father made these songes for the family. This video has refreshed my memory and I would arrange such sponges again. Love❤️ from India

[@s.d.b.5803]

These things are free in India. They destroy other plants so we cut them. 😁😁😁

[@lamoskgr]

Wowwww! Really?

[@anonymous.m.1599]

Yeah exactly 😂😂 I have four in my bathroom

[@zoyadhar]

no, it's one of the vegetables. My grandmothers grow them in their garden.

[@beautifulvillian405]

It's natural beauty product for skin, isn't it? I use it on my skin and it's the best moisturizer. I was shocked after saw the begin of the video that they use it for dishes. Or... Did I miss something in life? I've never saw someone here use it do dishes before.

[@anonymous.m.1599]

@@beautifulvillian405 lol neither me, but this is a good idea tho. I will start washing dishes too.

[@r2z097rz]

When they draw the line from Japan to the US over the entire globe rather than over the Pacific Ocean....

[@thegiantratthatmakesalloft9415]

Correct! What they did is just cringe! Cringe!

[@HerrNinguem]

It's because going the other way around, it would have fell from the border of the flat earth! (Should I use the S? It's so stupid but there's a lot of people who actually believe It)

[@DBT1007]

@@HerrNinguem..... It's not a time for flat earth joke

[@SirKolass]

@@DBT1007 Calm down, flatten your mind a bit

[@marshallzingkhai889]

@@SirKolass hahahaha

[@alkeshace6158]

Its actually a vegetable once allowed to grow more becomes sponge. In India its so normal 😕

[@kyahailife8339]

Hi sir isko turai means torri ki sbji khte hai .

[@nicashanemendoza1092]

Same here in the Philippines!

[@slow_carsgarage7422]

Vegetables don't have seeds

[@RJ-wp5qq]

Just....... Wow Bath scrubber natural👍

[@ChiefKene]

I should be getting ready for work... but I got 4 minutes to kill

[@KenshinXRikku]

....You are my brother totally. Instead of getting ready for work .....I watch how peanut butter is made or movie trailers I've seen 100 times...

[@SunkissNia]

Lol

[@cloroxbleach5687]

Same

[@ZainKhan-xx6np]

Here in Pakistan we call it "toori" and we use it as a food when its almost 6 to 7 inches long bigger ones, that we leave to grow so we can extract sponge out of it. 😊

[@pipihaokip1737]

We used as vegetables, for bathing here in Northeast India too

[@greenlight8819]

It’s actually edible?!? 😳

[@ZainKhan-xx6np]

@@greenlight8819 yes buddy it is and it tastes really good, but ony the ones which are about 6 to 7 inches long. The big ones we don't cook them we just use them for sponge.

[@garimabirhmaan8370]

In India too. We call it Tori in hindi.

[@ZainKhan-xx6np]

@@garimabirhmaan8370 we are the same bro nearly no difference between us 💓💓💓💓

[@nsorabraham1150]

It's edible,my mother used to cook in the house with the leaves

[@ozen3348]

What's the recipe? They're quite abundant here in Egypt.

[@rejaneganuhay9622]

agree ..we used it as food in my coubtry philippines

[@cindymacamay7340]

It is called as patola in the philippines. It is delicious. Especially in soups

[@latoyaseth9339]

Yes they are good to eat

[@beautyzimik9507]

WE make stew out of it or u can stir fry them ,we eat it when its young

[@blackfootcherokeeirishwhit2390]

I have one. And i wash it with laundry and it never loses its shape or anything. Its my favorite body washer. Amd it exfoliates and i am hooked!!

[@jcassel61]

Very tasty when they're young. Used in one of my favorite dishes in Thailand.

[@ferhantokel1587]

Yes your right 😊

[@Cleeon]

Heeh, I just know, we can eat it, thanks for the info

[@butonawednesdayinacafeiwat8605]

ใช่หรอวะกูไม่เห็นเคยแดกเลย

[@freshandzesty1111]

Do you have a recipe to share?

[@jcassel61]

@@freshandzesty1111 My wife can give you a recipe but it will probably be in Thai. It has to be really young. Scrape the skin, cut it up you can put it in any stir fry or soup.

[@joshuasanchez8980]

My whole family takes showers with these

[@correodepatty]

The Hispanic culture. Right? It's funny how they seem so surprise and we been using this for more then 100yrs in our household..

[@joshuasanchez8980]

@@correodepatty right

[@joshuasanchez8980]

@@correodepatty thats what I'm saying

[@springrollwang4441]

This stuff is good for mother earth.

[@Nyax50Lopez]

My grandma always grows these on her fence and hey I love the way they sound. MARACAS!!

[@shawndadonovan1360]

I grow luffas, for seeds to grow you need light, warmth and moisture so a tiny green house (jiffy brands work) you can grow your own sponges on a trellis or wooden fence. When brown cut the bottom, empty the seeds out and soak the luffa in water to soften outer skin. Can be used right away! No environmental waste or damage caused by this wonderful plant!

[@dr.gourab_kundu]

Indians use this for generations . And we eat them too when it is small , we make Curry of it.

[@20sohi]

Gaa ghoshar jali🤣 ba chobra

[@dhare07]

People are ignorant. Are there any health benefits from eating it. I think it's amazing. To be honest I was wondering if they were edible due to the fact they are plants. I think you post added to this video on the usage of this plant. I feel sorry for the state of this world when I think about how people will laugh at something that could be beneficial to one health or harmful for that matter. Is really like to know if any benefits it could have for the human body. Thanks for sharing.

[@fraxmann2042]

@Vanze oh yes u can brash that shit so hard

[@faisalnannambra]

In kerala we called peechakka

[@UxUYY]

We do the same in China, green luffa tastes a bit like zucchini.

[@polarweis]

2:53 do i need to say anything

[@leirawhitehart1236]

Apparently not.

[@daboiwisper]

Hahaha 🍆🍆

[@EdwardOberon]

🥒🥒🥒🥒

[@azrael4457]

@@daboiwisper How does an aubergine relate to the video?

[@daboiwisper]

@@azrael4457 it's an unofficial emoji for a body part

[@PinkyGhost]

1:36 yea draw the line across the entire world when japan is literally next to the usa

[@orangepekoe7096]

Well i haven't seen any map that has Pacific ocean in the middle. Edit: Also commercial planes don't fly across pacific ocean.

[@reiXku]

the editor is flat earther

[@borninthewrongcentury2993]

@@orangepekoe7096 They do not fly directly but take a curved route instead, or hop from point to point.

[@pedriinhopedriinho299]

What is wrong with ur mind? What did u expect?

[@reiXku]

@Shravana Malya great minds think alike

[@Wodenseyes]

I grow them at my homestead. I harvest around 100-150 a year and when I make homemade soap, I put half a loofa into the soap before it hardens and make soap bars and scrubbers for everything you use soap for. I even make a mint charcoal scrubber for the face. I love loofas

[@Realatmx]

Waw then you must try grow soap nuts to make organic shampoo you can buy them from Indian grocery store or just from Amazon😊

[@Wodenseyes]

@@Realatmx I’ve never heard of Soap nuts!

[@WildHart_z]

“Everybody has a plumbus in their home.”

[@sorayahanania8623]

Noice

[@dermachtige6123]

I lost mine.sad

[@heheboi6693]

Ha you wrong

[@knowntobeunknown8435]

In india it is easily available in Mother Nature not in any grocery stores........

[@victordewayne]

True but I didn't know we can eat it !

[@akanksha7028]

Ooh thanks, didn't know that, def will check it out, I was wondering about how we'll get it in India?!

[@akanksha7028]

@@victordewayne yeah!! That's quite weirdo

[@knowntobeunknown8435]

@@victordewayne in Village t when it is Raw they can use it as a vegetable 🍜

[@Arctic_and_The_F0X]

Thats differnt in Louisana where i live.

[@anitachan2802]

This is amazing! I started using luffa in the recent years and they are definitely great for us and the environment. Really excited that you are introducing luffa to soo many more people who didn't know about it, I would love to see your products not use disposable plastic wrapping and tag loops though, please look into it, thanks!

[@jenniferv618]

4:07 _Look at the cat watching his/her peasants as they do all the hard work while they wait for food_ 🤣

[@dessykars2542]

In my village, we call it "sabut", the loofa can take out the old skin from your body. And we also can eat the unripe loofa, we usually cook it as a soup, and it's delicious.

[@Tootisepop]

A cleaner way of life maybe this could stop factories with the pollution

[@fivesix3868]

Heck, yes

[@exoedge6322]

*Factory pollution drops to 0%*

[@alicebonnet4607]

Clean the pollution with the lufa rough side.

[@jwalster9412]

tractors create pollution too

[@shittyG1]

YOUR T R A S H ya cause making sponges causes so much pollution? Lmao there is nothing being burnt or combusted. Just cause it’s a factory doesn’t mean it’s a stereotypical one with smoke stacks pouring out pollution

[@AntonioKowatsch]

I have been using Luffa sponges for years now. They're great.

[@Diamond88keyz]

yes!

[@pujilup_putarjilatcelup]

This spongy cucumber is a delicious vegetables to eat when still young, we usually cook it stirfry with little prawns 🤤

[@chanderkantamehra2344]

Oh ..we call this Tori in India...when raw eat as vegetable.. used to leave it to grow to make luffa and seeds out if it...during our childhood used for taking bath,cleaning utensils and other household things..

[@Mc_fly80]

I'm from Angola @ remember used that Luffa sponge for everthing... shower, dishwasher or as scrab for multiple duties. It's growing everywhere it's free, it's so amazing know that Africa has all resources sometimes not been used on best way 🤦🏿‍♀️

[@im_aleey]

Nigeria as well. It's quite sad.

[@ابراهيمزكريا-ط2د]

I grew one of these around my house when I was 7 years old I used it until I become 10 years old. When I lost it I really cried so much I felt like losing one of my family member.

[@justyourlocalyandere268]

My gosh thats the age im when u lost your luffa rip your luffa rest peace

[@amuna2379]

We grew these on our rooftop, we mostly ate these as veggies. there was so much left even after giving away that I was sick of it( the veggie is on sweeter side). Only one or two were turned sponge.

[@120paj]

We had these plants and it was highly used in households everywhere in the Caribbean 🌻

[@chekyism]

Had some in my backyard, but all of a sudden Di Merica finally a catch up. We always thinking we are behind the times, story come to bum. 😅