Not everyone is as fortunate as I am. I live a few blocks away from a locally-owned produce shop that sells four different varieties of eggplant.
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| A pile o' eggplants. |
The largest is the common eggplant, the next smallest is the Italian or “baby” eggplant, the tiny teardrops are Indian eggplants, and the long thin variety are Chinese eggplants.
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| Indian eggplants are wee. |
To give a sense of scale, I presented each eggplant to my feline. Please note that this feline is rather tubby and adjust your sense of scale accordingly.
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| Feline investigates common eggplant. |
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Feline sports Indian eggplant mustache.
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| Feline nibbles Italian eggplant. |
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| Feline discovers joys of Chinese eggplant. |
Over the course of the next few entries, I will present four different dishes drawing out the particular characteristics of each of these eggplant varieties. GET EXCITED.
