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I had never seen a Green Eggplant Before!

14 January 2007 1,685 views 27 Comments

Green Goddess Eggplant

It was with great excitement that mom came home from the market last weekend.

“Look what I got! Do you know what it is?”
“Whoa! Is that a GREEN EGGPLANT??”
“I know!”

She had seen them on the counter of a vendor and after having them convince her that it was indeed an eggplant she just -had- to buy one. Being the geekgrrl that I am I then had to go to the Internet … just to make sure that this wasn’t some kind of Machiavellian strain of radioactive agriculture.

Fortunately, instead of Polonium-210 I discovered that it was a Green Goddess eggplant!

One of the things that was mentioned repeatedly in my searches was that this eggplant has a -mild- flavour. Now that makes me a little worried, cos in my mind mild is just a euphemism for -none- however they also mention that it’s sweet. We haven’t cooked it yet, so I’ll wait and see. I so don’t want to be disappointed. It’s so pretty! :D

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27 Comments »

  • Lilandra said:

    feed me

    # 14 January 2007 at 2:50 am | link
  • Danielle said:

    what are you going to make with it? curious minds want to know. heehee.

    # 14 January 2007 at 3:36 am | link
  • Sarina said:

    Lilandra – :P

    Danielle – no clue yet :) I’ll update when we use it :lol:

    # 14 January 2007 at 7:04 am | link
  • T.W. Barritt said:

    I’ve never seen one, but it’s quite fetching! Did you learn where the Green Goddess originated or where it is typically grown? Looking forward to what kind of dish you come up with!

    # 14 January 2007 at 9:24 am | link
  • Sarina said:

    T.W. Barritt – :D Isn’t it a beaut? :D I couldn’t find anything about it though, and I tried … I’ll try again when we cook it. I only found 3 line descriptions on some eggplant seed sites… it is some sort of hybrid that has a high steady yield :) I do wish I knew more though!

    # 14 January 2007 at 12:21 pm | link
  • Marsha said:

    Umm I never saw one either.
    What does it look lke when you cut it open?
    What will you do with it?
    How will you cook it?
    Did that man grow or import it?
    ARe purple eggplants a thing of the past?!
    Say it aint so!!!!

    # 14 January 2007 at 2:33 pm | link
  • Marsha said:

    Hey did you notice that it kinda looks like watermelon?

    # 14 January 2007 at 2:36 pm | link
  • Sarina said:

    Marsha – the great cutting of the radioactive eggplant is scheduled for sometime early this week :D Will keep everyone posted :lol: … it was grown locally!!!! … it does kinda look like a watermelon with the streakng and all :) a watermelon of lurrrrve :)

    # 14 January 2007 at 2:50 pm | link
  • mom said:

    The white eggplants I have seen abroad are smaller than our purple and also milder. The green I have seen in a friend’s garden in State College PA, is also not like this one either, a little larger that the white but a lighter green with no streaks as this one.
    I too am awaiting the cutting and the cooking. Please post pics of the insides as well as this one does look like a hybrid.

    # 14 January 2007 at 4:02 pm | link
  • Sarina said:

    Marsha – Green is the new purple :P

    Mom – I will!! :) My Mom and I are both intrigued and happy that we were not the only ones who didn’t know about this strange thing! :) I had no idea so many people were unfamiliar with it as well! I hope it’s not mixed with watermelon :lol:

    # 14 January 2007 at 4:26 pm | link
  • Marsha said:

    But I like purple. Its one of my fav colors..Oh well..I can’t wait to see what happens :)

    # 14 January 2007 at 8:58 pm | link
  • Veron said:

    ooh… never seen one of this. Now I’ll be hunting the stores for it. Keep us posted what you are going to do with it . :)

    # 14 January 2007 at 9:15 pm | link
  • Sarina said:

    Marsha – hee :lol:

    Veron – no one seems to have seen it before :D this both delights and scares me :lol: will -definitely- keep you all posted :D

    # 14 January 2007 at 9:24 pm | link
  • Rasa Malaysia said:

    Wow, I have never seen a green egg plant too…anyway, great to stumble upon your site…I have never had Trinidadian food, and would love to learn more about it! :)

    # 14 January 2007 at 9:41 pm | link
  • Lilandra said:

    Streaked with watermelon? ooo! red and white inside? yuck! ;-)

    # 14 January 2007 at 11:45 pm | link
  • Sarina said:

    Rasa – Hallo! :D Welcome and thanks for commenting :D I hope you will like the dishes that I’ll be sharing :D I’m gonna check out your blog in a sec :)

    Lilandra – We cutting it tomorrow!! :D

    # 14 January 2007 at 11:52 pm | link
  • Rachel said:

    Green Goddess eggplant? Cool! I’ve never heard of that before.

    # 15 January 2007 at 12:18 am | link
  • Sarina said:

    Rachel – It seems no one is familiar with it that’s commented so far :) We’re gonna cut and cook it tomorrow :D Will definitely share what we find :D

    # 15 January 2007 at 12:45 am | link
  • Marsha said:

    So I think today is the day….I’m waiting…

    # 16 January 2007 at 11:42 am | link
  • Sarina said:

    Marsha – I’m writing it up today, it should be out tomorrow. It was supposed to go out today, but I got tagged :D So putting that out today :D

    # 16 January 2007 at 11:47 am | link
  • Marsha said:

    Well I mean if TAG Peer pressure reigns…..! :)

    # 17 January 2007 at 9:27 pm | link
  • Sarina said:

    Marsha – lolz :D it’s been programmed to go out a little after midnight :)

    # 17 January 2007 at 9:29 pm | link
  • Nicole said:

    Sarina, one of the things I regret is seeing how “backward” Trinidad has become compared to many other countries, in terms of food production and the restaurant scene, for a relatively rich, educated, sophisticated place.
    All over the world people are growing all varieties of vegetables, herbs and salads, most of which most people in T&T never saw or heard of. Yes, eggplant comes in green, lavender, orange, white, stripes, you name it. Most people in Trinidad don’t even know what a real tomato tastes like, nor do you have the heirloom varieties like brandywine, green zebra etc. The farmers are only growing the hybrid stuff not designed for taste, sold by the big seed companies. That’s why I have started growing my own herbs, salads and tomatoes.
    People in T&T don’t even know what is basil, or arugula!
    As for the restaurant scene, very, very little innovation or attempt to introduce dishes using produce except what has been known from our great grandmother’s days. A shame given our fresh produce, and potential.

    # 24 July 2007 at 5:34 pm | link
  • mary lou said:

    well, i looked this up cause I’m finally growing eggplant!!Started in Wis–took to Fla in Nov finally fruited in Feb cute and PURPLE and small but when I leave it to grow to a size I thought would be good for harvesting..they turn green!!! SO WHEN DO I HARVEST???Little and purple and cute and LITTLE like the size of a lime…or bigger 4 weeks later and grapefruit sized and GREEN?? I never expected these little guys to turn GREEN WHAT is the deal??? HELP Mary Lou

    # 22 March 2008 at 8:55 pm | link
  • Ken said:

    can you eat green eggplant raw?

    # 27 June 2009 at 8:16 pm | link
  • Bo said:

    Green Eggplants are very common in Nigeria! I’m from there and they tend to be more common than the purple ones in some areas and smaller with slightly tougher seeds than the purple ones.

    Where I come from we usually boil it sliced, then fry it in palm oil with some salt and then eat it with roasted yam. (Typical farmers meal out on the farm where all these ingredients are readily available and simple) Or it is diced and made into other stews with tomatoes etc.

    Can find out more for you if you are interested? But I’m curious to find out what happened to yours!

    # 11 November 2009 at 12:37 am | link
  • Bo said:

    Ah I forgot, lots of onions in palm oil, before eggplant is added and little chilli peppers if you like it spicy.

    # 11 November 2009 at 12:39 am | link

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