A recent trip to the Seattle area was unexpectedly brimming with eggplants. Large eggplants, small eggplants, striped eggplants, white eggplants, orange eggplants -- it was a true aubergine bonanza. Er... an aubonanzargine?
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| Eggplant display at Pike Place Market |
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| Those are eggplants? |
These amazing striped orange eggplants are
a special Turkish variety.
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| A glorious bounty. |
For all the loveliness of these displays, my various relatives in the Seattle area have beautiful gardens of their own, and we feasted on home-grown eggplants rather than purchasing at the market.
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| Tiny homegrown eggplants from my grandparents. |
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| This one comes with its very own baby octopus. |
My mother transformed an earlier crop into
Imam Bayildi, or Turkish eggplants topped with a rich, partially caramelized tomato sauce.
Eggplants don't get much more colorful and delicious than this.
Laughing aloud at the baby octopus observation.
ReplyDeleteMy mouth is watering at the sight of all that delicious food! Sadly, the garden is now finished for the year. I really must find an ethnic grocery like the ones in Denver that I used to love going to with your Mom.
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