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Eggplants will soon be appearing on our plates grilled, roasted, sautéed, baked — any way you please. We can’t resist its versatility, shimmering purple skin, and hefty, oblong shape.
Like your sister’s boyfriend, you may have accepted it without knowing much about it beyond its curious name and dramatic skin color. But while boyfriends come and go, the eggplant doesn’t — so we think it’s time to do a background check.
It keeps tomatoes and potatoes company in the nightshade family, but it’s not technically a vegetable; it’s a fruit, and furthermore, it’s a berry (filled with nasty-tasting seeds, we might add).
It comes in different shapes and sizes, too. In Thailand, for instance, they grow like clusters of tiny, green grapes; in Chinese markets, they show up long and slender with a thin, purple skin. They also appear as small green or variegated purple balls, or squash-like, and sometimes their skin is yellow or white.
And around the world, it goes by many names. Here’s how you say eggplant in almost every language.
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