Go To Your Local Farmers Market

I am a food lover and like to try out unfamiliar food items in my meal. Recently, I tried out a vegetable, which I had just heard of, and never eaten before. The vegetable was an egg plant. The eggplant is a subtropical plant type, to the genus Solanum within the family of the nightshade family. Eggplants are mature at about 20 centimeters long and are steamed, fried or cooked to be eaten. As long as it is immature, the eggplant contains solanine and is, therefore, toxic. The eggplant contains small amounts of nicotine, just like ...