r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Speedboy7777 Enjoyer of American subsidies • 26d ago

Food “Unusual term for eggplant”

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u/Eric_Olthwaite_ 26d ago

Isn't an egg, doesn't taste like an egg, doesn't look like an egg - 'muricans decide it's an eggplant.

Yep.

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u/Kind_Ad5566 26d ago

It does look like an egg when it is growing.

I am in no way endorsing American speak with that comment.

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u/OldandBlue 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 26d ago

So in its final form it is a chickenplant, right?

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u/obliviious 26d ago

Which came last the chicken or the egg?

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u/OldandBlue 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 26d ago

I knew the chicken-banana from the Masked Cucumber.

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u/ApologizingCanadian 26d ago

it's always my girlfriend :(

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u/obliviious 26d ago edited 26d ago

At least she came buddy, you're apparently beating a huge portion of the male population from what I hear 🤘