The originality of the eggplant

The first originality of the eggplant is its nature: it is indeed a vegetable-fruit, meaning that it is cultivated as a fruit but used as a vegetable, like the cucumber, the squash, or the zucchini.

Also, it is, with red cabbage and the vitelotte potato, the only purple vegetable.

Its effects on health are very important. Despite being one of the least caloric fresh vegetables, it slows the apparition of cholesterol, has an incredible quantity of minerals, such as magnesium, zinc, potassium, is a good source of fibers, and is said to be a diuretic, a laxative, and a tranquilizer.

For our friends who love to kill their lungs, let's note that the eggplant is the edible plant with the highest rate of nicotine. Indeed, 20 pounds of eggplant are equal to one cigarette !

However, stating only the gastronomic characteristics of this incredible vegetable fruit would be a crime.

Indeed, the eggplant has other qualities.

It is used to remove sunspots, in combination with apple cider vinegar.

You can take it in your bag-pack and if you get assaulted in the street, you can use it as a baton, like a policeman: its shape and its dark color will be a perfect illusion that will terrify your enemy.

It can also be used as a nose for snowmen, if you explain that yours has a cold.

Like the banana, it has an obvious sensual aspect, due, of course, to its shape.

You may use them as sticks to play the drums, which will give an incredible and original sonority to your music.

If you cut the top of it, the green part, and you empty the flesh out of it, your eggplant turns into a flask !