I got home late from work tonight so my experiment was very simple. I sauteed some lovely country-style pork ribs (after slicing them) and added some Chinese 5-spice powder. I stir-fried a very small amount of the bitter melon - much smaller than I would have if I hadn't been warned, in some onion and garlic, and also made some cauli-rice. It was quite simple, but very nice! My bitter melon was sliced very thin, and only had 5-6 slices but that was enough for one serving. It went very well with the pork, and the spice blend seemed to go along with it as well. It is certainly hard to describe the flavor - and I tasted a little of it raw as I was slicing it.

This will bear more experimentation, but the next time I will buy a much smaller bitter melon, I don't see my being able to use the entire thing before it spoils.