Eggplant before it is ripe. I always wondered why it was called that.
@jimrosecircus1 Those are ripe. They're just white eggplant not purple. Two different varieties of the same plant.
@jimrosecircus1 Eggplant comes in purple, green and white - this one is white.
@jimrosecircus1 I wish I could find seeds for this variety!
@jimrosecircus1 White and purple eggplants are their own colour when babies or ripe and also there are many striated varieties. An orange coloured sicilia one is particularily good too.
@jimrosecircus1 Absolutely delicious. I could live my life everyday on fried eggplant in butter, herbs and garlic
@jimrosecircus1 Berenjena. (Eggplant)
@jimrosecircus1 Erm, these are white eggplants not purple. They will stay white.
@jimrosecircus1 That’s hilarious in that white is the original colour of eggplant before cross breeding happened. It’s why they’re called “eggplant” in English. Original name is Arabic #Battenjain😉 Artichoke in Arabic is called “Arth-El-Chowki” whichs translates to “prick of the ground”
@jimrosecircus1 @sundene Those are White Eggplants and never turn purple. The purple ones are never white.
@jimrosecircus1 Beautiful🤩 eggplants Just picked my last ones and made some Baba Ganoush. Easy plant to grow.
@jimrosecircus1 I grow various eggplant. Purple eggplant start out purple. Those are Japanese white eggplants.
@jimrosecircus1 I think the Brits DEF have us on this one by using the far, FAR more elegant (and yes French;) “aubergine”. Mwa! What a pretty word. Then we go “eggplant!” Yuk. Just think: “aubergine Parmesan”. Yum!!!!
@jimrosecircus1 How many of us googled "eggplant before ripe?" 😂
@jimrosecircus1 Just a white variety, some are green, various shades of purple to almost pink, striped and even an orange variety. Also come in a variety of shapes and sizes, ranging from small round to long and skinny besides the shape that is most common in western markets.
@jimrosecircus1 That’s not true. That’s the white variety of small eggplants. Please don’t post misinformation
@jimrosecircus1 Thanks. I always wondered where eggs come from.
@jimrosecircus1 I think that’s just the white cultivar, which was more common when the plant was named in the US
@jimrosecircus1 Lots of eggplant varieties; true to color at "birth" & "ripe". Pick, prepare at any stage, but be mindful that if one gets away from ya, it w/be seedy. Let one ripen after picking the others, harvest seeds for next year. The plants are better acclimated after growing seed.
@jimrosecircus1 That's pretty cool. I didn't know that.
@jimrosecircus1 🤪 too funny… I wonder how many people googled eggplant after seeing this… or thought odd mine never bloomed like that.
@jimrosecircus1 Mostly because Americans have problems pronouncing Aubergine.
@jimrosecircus1 @Diana35691339 The old joke is why would you plant an egg?
@jimrosecircus1 What came first.... the plant or the egg?
@jimrosecircus1 @Paradoxa18 Nope. These are white eggplants.
@jimrosecircus1 This year I discovered why Milkweed was called that