TammyM wrote:
"Goomba38" wrote in message
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Blinky the Shark wrote:

Are there different kinds? No, I mean that one would encounter in a
normal nonupscale routine nonspecialty supermarket? I don't think I've
*seen* any, but I haven't looked for one in many years. (Until I got one
the other day.)

Regular sized ones, mutant large ones, Japanese ones... those are just the
three types *I'm* aware of but I think there are others? Probably a lot
like sharks, eh?
The Japanese ones are lighter purple and enlongated.

Thai eggplant are different than the ones USians usually see in the regular
supermarket - they are green, round and smallish.

TammyM


Then there are the white egg-sized eggplant no on the market, the
original eggplant, hence the name. We grow Ichiban, an elongated
Japanese type eggplant that is naturally sweet. We also grow the
Louisiana Long Green, an heirloom eggplant that is naturally sweet. Some
of the very large eggplant can be somewhat bitter and may need salting
and sweating.