Decided to pick most of them, except Ping Tung. All are already burned on the side burner but not prepared yet.
I thought maybe I'm picking them too early, but it's actually quite the contrary. I mean the seeds are still white, but are quite big (on all of them), and certainly bigger than what one finds in commerce, with the seeds barely starting to form (that is considered best stage). I would guess those are 2 weeks old, not sure what varieties they are using, usually they are 3-400 grams. The Madonna in the picture is only 230g and already seedy.
I did a taste tast without salt or prepared, and they are really a lot more similar than I expected, Madonna seems to have best texture, somewhat creamier, currently I would probably give the taste egde to TLG which has a slightly more bitter but stronger taste.
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