[Sca-cooks] Eggplant query

[David Friedman]

Thanks--looks like the standard variety.

And the article also offers support for our interpretation of the period 
gourd as Lagenaria.

On 2/22/13 5:57 PM, Johnna Holloway wrote:
> To start, Charles Perry talks about them here
> http://zesterdaily.com/cooking/the-secret-to-medieval-eggplant/
>
> Great article here: "The Cucurbitaceae and Solanaceae illustrated in medieval manuscripts known as the Tacuinum Sanitatis."
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2685323/
>
> .pdf here with lots of illustrations
> History and Iconography of Eggplant
>
> http://tinyurl.com/avko6r5
>
> There are images also at:
>
> http://www.coquinaria.nl/english/recipes/03.3histrecept.htm
>
> http://www.oldcook.com/en/medieval-vegetables
>
> Johnnae
>
> On Feb 22, 2013, at 7:33 PM, David Friedman wrote:
>
>> Local grocery stores normally carry at least two varieties of eggplant. What I think of as the standard eggplant is large with dark blue skin. There are also thinner, lighter varieties with paler skins, variously labeled as Japanese, Chinese or Filipino eggplants.
>>
>> Does anyone know what varieties existed in period? Eggplants show up in at least Italian and Middle Eastern recipes, and presumably should show up in paintings, but I don't remember seeing any.
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