On today’s 2 minute garden tip, I feature the most interesting variety of eggplant I’ve ever seen! Eggplant is in the Nightshades family and is closely related to tomatoes and peppers, and this eggplant variety showcases this. These eggplants looks like a cherry tomato or cherry pepper, but they taste like eggplant, except sweeter and more tender! This is the best eggplant variety I’ve ever grown for curries and stews, and it has a better texture thanks to the small size. You have to try growing eggplant like this, because this rare eggplant variety blew my mind!
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Awesome! I'll add this variety to my list for next year. Thanks! And hello to Dale.
Nice tip, thanks!
Great Small Red Eggplant !
Fantastic !
Wow, good to know. I don't care to eat eggplant for the same reason you mentioned.
Dale looking good ❤🙂
Thanks for Dale's little cameo, that was a treat!🐕
That eggplant looks interesting. I'll give it a go❤ I'll try growing it after hurricane season😔
Ever grown kiwis? The fuzzy ones are my fave fruit. I'm in zone 6 and the fuzzies are not hardy here. But from what I understand there is a variety that looks, tastes, and is even grown like grapes (they grow on vines and so you should have a trellis for it to climb). Some refer to them as kiwi berries. Been wondering for a while if you have any experience growing either the fuzzy ones or the cold hardy kiwi berries.
Very interesting. I describe the texture of eggplant as spongy too. The Thai curry sounds good. I am growing bitter melon. It’s really good for the heart and I actually like bitter foods. I love radicchio and dandelion greens. I’m glad that plant made it through the storms for you.
Yay!!!! I’ve been watching your channel for so long and I was so excited to watch this. This particular variety is from my country Ghana. It’s called Ensoro Ewia pronounced “En Soro area”. It means “it’s not afraid of the sun”, so practically this eggplant is resistant to high temperatures and will grow in the hottest of areas. I’ve grown this here in Tennessee and it loves the heat.
Cooking tip: if you look up garden egg stew Ghana, you will find a great and tasty recipe for it. You can also just make an Italian style tomato sauce, chop them up in cubes and throw them in with your favorite protein for a yummy dish.
I made a dip, similar to hummus with eggplant, oils garlic and spices. It was tasty!
I’m growing Rosso Di Napoli eggplant next year. They’re the size of a tennis ball, so bigger than these. They’re red, said to be tastier/sweeter than the eggplant we typically grow like you mentioned.
This year i ha e not gotten one eggplant…maybe ill try this..
I do like eggplant fried. Those look like they may grow in my hot Texas heat. Next year I'll try to order some and get them started.
I've got to have it! Thanks and ❤❤for Dale
I discovered some growing in my old oak trees!
And I want some of those
PEANUTBUTTER fruit tree
Wow! Ive never seen or heard of these. That may be a new 1 to try
I have enjoyed learning about the different varieties to plant, especially the varieties which do better in heat and humidity.
I tried the fairy tale eggplant again… I forgot I grew them a few years ago – as I don't have time for cooking (curry or otherwise) during garden season, but my Dad does the cooking most often, and we like the green skinned Satsuma long: negligible seeds, almost buttery flavor for stir fry. I recommend you try perpetual spinach (also Baker creek) – great cut/come again, spinach substitute with no bolting. My cousin gave me a (hairy) Chayote squash plant, but the fruit was bland/flavorless – though many ripened within my short MN season, but fun to grow – tendrils literally climbed to my roof. I prefer the smooth skin version for stir fry – your climate would be ideal. Try some from the farmers market/grocers in a stir fry shrimp/garlic. My Asian pear (dripping honey) had decent crop finally, had to bag many to prevent squirrel robbery, but will need more than one application of fruit tree spray treatment, snouted beetles were blemishing most.
Today I bought Turkish eggplant at the farmers market. Never seen them before but they look very interesting. They’re orange and look like a tomate or a tangerine. Can’t wait to try them
Just ordered them. Luv this channel.
Nice. I had always wondered if anyone appreciated these since I first saw them in the catalogue. Its not really an eggplant but a different species, though the are several species of pepper , so maybe it is. Have you tried snake beans or winged beans? I'm down with weird vegetables and bakers creek has some good ones like this.
Very cool, these are going on next year's list 👍
I grew black beauties and white eggplant this year. The white is sweeter and creamier. I also have Rosa Bianca which has suddenly come to life in October. Hoping the three on the plant ripen before the cold sets in.
Wowww! Didn’t know this existed! Thanks for sharing! 😃
Interesting eggplant, thanks for sharing
I grew Sakata Sweet for the first time this year. They were not sweet 🙁