[CH] eggplant "Preparation"
Margaret Lauterbach (melauter@earthlink.net)
Wed, 14 Aug 2002 10:41:48 -0600
I think this is nonsense. The sex parts are in the flower, not the
fruit. I've heard some people refer to "female" onions too. I guess some
people will always do the "looks like..." mythology. Margaret L
>i remember reading somewhere that the 'female' (rounder bottom, thinner
>toward the stem) is much more bitter than the 'male' eggplant. The female
>also is supposed to have more seeds which add the bitterness, hence the
>need for salt. Since the time i stored this information away in some brain
>cell (along with the other 'jeopardy' knowledge i've accumlated over the
>years), what i do is try to buy 'male' eggplants when possible - looking
>for those which are close to the same thickness at either end.
>Of course, the whole concept may be total crap, but it adds a sense of
>higher purpose to produce exploration....
>
>sheryl l. chatfield
>ch #2077