I may have eaten eggplant once in my life. I'm not even sure. But when I was picking up some veggie plants at a local garden centre this year, I saw a four-pack of "Fairytale" eggplants and I thought, "why not?" And as they grow, I am becoming more and more excited about them. I love the purple flowers. They're prettier if you look directly into the centre, but I was trying to get at them without crushing any of the surrounding plants and so this is the photo that I ended up with. Not perfect, but you can see that they are definitely fun. I've been looking up moussaka and baba ganoush recipes and I am basically just dreaming about carrying a basket of beautiful purple fruit home from my garden plot. And so far, not one Colorado potato beetle to be found. What is new to your garden this year?
I think you should make baba ganoush, just so I can talk about it - it's so fun to say!
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P.S. The flowers are really pretty! When they get bigger (and start bearing fruit) I will take my camera over for you.
ReplyDeleteI agree that eggplants make pretty flowers. :) I have several of them.
ReplyDeleteI just love how they look! I'm hoping that I get a nice little harvest and can figure out what to do with them (and who to feed them to, as my family isn't the most veggie crazy!!).
DeleteForget the moussaka ,:p baba gannouj, YUM! If you plant Asians next year instead of Italians I will give you my Thai spicy eggplant dish SO good!!! Have fun sis! Trace
ReplyDeleteI love the sound of baba ganoush too :) We got a ton of eggplant last year- we loved making eggplant "meat" balls. They are really good. This year we are having a ton of flea beetles so I am not sure we will get any :(
ReplyDeleteEggplant meat balls sound interesting! I'm sorry to hear about your flea beetles, I hope that you can get them under control and still harvest some!
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