To market to buy a fat Lauki?

Another harried trip to the local farmer's market. The way I stick to poor Usha during these visits you would think I was physically connected to her. It was a fabulous spectacle of open air market stalls and fresh produce. Our extremely protective driver, Anil, thwarted some nine year olds attempt to gouge us for an extra fifty cents for 30 eggs. He later got them for us for around $1.50. Now what are we going to do with 30 eggs? The highlight was a single bottle gourd. Now just to figure out what it is, how it is prepared, how to cook it and to see if I like it.