Yup, eggplants don’t look or taste anything like egg. You can prepare them with eggs, but there are at least a dozen other plants that fit that bill as good or much better. On the other hand, as Alton Brown said, eggplants are really the Berry from Another Planet.
A plant….. whose friut has the shape of an egg….. but not the color….. As a screaming kid…. I once insisted Mom let me order eggplant…. She did…. I hated it….. ! ! !
revisages almost 13 years ago
eggplanet. eggplaint. agplant. igplant.
watmiwori almost 13 years ago
they don’t taste anything like eggs!
Phosphoros almost 13 years ago
Not unlike the strange name & source of baby oil.
rockngolfer almost 13 years ago
Ratatoullie, not the movie, the cassarole.
Strod almost 13 years ago
Yup, eggplants don’t look or taste anything like egg. You can prepare them with eggs, but there are at least a dozen other plants that fit that bill as good or much better. On the other hand, as Alton Brown said, eggplants are really the Berry from Another Planet.
gobblingup Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Don’t you get eggplants from putting some eggs into the ground?
David Bethke Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Or as George Carlin said, “Eggplant? Well, what is it – an egg or a plant? Tell it to make up its mind and come on back.”
InTraining Premium Member almost 13 years ago
A plant….. whose friut has the shape of an egg….. but not the color….. As a screaming kid…. I once insisted Mom let me order eggplant…. She did…. I hated it….. ! ! !
bmonk almost 13 years ago
Pineapples are no better, but at least they come from two plants.
iced tea almost 13 years ago
The Greeks would be lost without eggplant!