On 10/24/2009 1:05 AM Robbie Hatley ignored two million years of human evolution to write:

> Here's a photo of the weird vegetable:
> http://www.well.com/user/lonewolf/Weird-Vegetable.jpg

Looks a bit like eggplant, but the green ones are usually spherical.

What was the flavor like?

> I sliced the tan sphere in two and photographed both the
> inside and outside. On close inspection, it appears to be
> some sort of egg, though of what type, I have no clue:
>
> Weird egg, exterior:
> http://www.well.com/user/lonewolf/We...g-Exterior.jpg
>
> Weird egg, interior:
> http://www.well.com/user/lonewolf/We...g-Interior.jpg

The egg was boiled in water with either tea or soy sauce, then
shelled and cut, and the yolk was removed and it was stuffed with
what looks like bamboo shoot.

And what's with the use of "weird?" It's food, just not something
you're used to. Millions of people eat foods like those regularly.
Are they "weird" too?