[gardeners] Re: bitter eggplants
Diane /Bill Roeder (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Tue, 10 Jul 2001 05:55:33 -0400
I read this about eggplants sometime in the past. It is the male eggplants
that are bitter. Male eggplants can be distinguished by the bumpier
surface- sort of rounded points- at the end opposite from the stem. Look
for an eggplant that is one smooth curve at that end.
This may not be true, and I may have the genders mixed up, but since reading
this and always buying eggplants with rounded ends I've never had a bitter
one.
Diane
Northampton MA
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