[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