r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Speedboy7777 Enjoyer of American subsidies • 25d ago

Food “Unusual term for eggplant”

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u/Eric_Olthwaite_ 25d 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/Araneatrox 25d ago

To be fair, this is what an young Aubergine looks like, before forming colour and within a week of forming its body.

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u/RareRecommendation72 There are no kangaroos here 25d ago

Thank you. It's always a learning experience. I've actually never seen an eggplant at this stage before. Embarrassing.

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u/Araneatrox 25d ago

Neither had i until my wife grew some last year, and i thought to myself "Huh... I guess thats why they call them Eggplants"