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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
Mine aren't ready yet. It's the first time I've grown them, and I had no idea they got so big! The garden may need enlarging!  |
6x3 for each plant...
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Those at the supermarket must be pygmy eggplants. 
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Nah... Pygmy eggplants are the Thai ones. They are round, a bit smaller than the size of ping pong balls, and colored like green watermelons. The people sized eggplants are for making large vats of ratatouille for disaster drills or punk-rock raves using just one eggplant.
The Japanese eggplants (despite being purple, which by the way is the same color as good wine grapes... ) have wonderful taste, very tender even with quick cooking, 2"-3" long about about 1" in diameter, but are a bit too tender for making a good ratatouille.
I need a couple of the ostrich-egg sized eggplants for dinner tonight!
Stitchawl