eggplant troubles:D

super_dudette

Can anyone tell me whats the difference between an eggplant and an aubergine?I read somewhere that they are the same thing, but then when I look for recipies, some say that they are 2 different veg. Also, where can I buy an eggplant?

olaola

Same ting, forget those yanks! It's an AUBERGINE! You can get different types, shapes, colours etc. But the one you'll get here mainly is your commoner gardener aubergine.

Saruman

For cooking, if you are looking at American recipes then here are some good translations.

Eggplant = Aubergine
Zucchini = Courgette
Cilantro = Corriander

super_dudette

thanks for that!:D

Saruman

Your welcome. My wife is American so I was forced to figure out what she was talking about. Cilantro was the hardest as its a primary ingredient in Mexican food, in the supermarket she said it "looks" like this parsley but its not the same. Eventually tracked it down on the interweb.

Honey-ec

olaola wrote: »

the one you'll get here mainly is your commoner gardener aubergine.

OT, but why do people say this? The phrase is "common or garden variety"!!!

Saruman wrote: »

For cooking, if you are looking at American recipes then here are some good translations.

Eggplant = Aubergine
Zucchini = Courgette
Cilantro = Corriander

There's loads more, those crazy Septics have mad names for everything. www.allrecipes.com is one of my favourite sites ever, but a lot of terms need translating.

Hamburger meat/ground beef - mince
Crescent rolls - croissants
Biscuits - scones, usually white
Chicken/beef/vegetable broth - stock
Fettucine - tagliatelle
Broil - grill
Griddle - fry
Green onion - scallion
White onion - normal onion
Bell pepper - normal red, green or yellow pepper
Chicken breast half - 1 chicken fillet (not half of one!)

I'm sure there's loads more, I'll add them as I think of them.

Oh, and you'll get aubergine in any bog standard supermarket, it's not exactly an exotic ingredient.

StudentC

Capsicum = pepper (red/green/yellow etc)

Honey-ec

StudentC wrote: »

Capsicum = pepper (red/green/yellow etc)

That's more an Australian than an American thing - we could probably have a whole other thread for that!

StudentC

Honey-ec wrote: »

That's more an Australian than an American thing - we could probably have a whole other thread for that!

Yes absolutely, sorry! I was more just thinking about different words for the same thing, and forgot about the American-ness of the thread

EastWallGirl

Lidl are doing them for 79 cents and they are a good size. Tesco are usually 1.19 and when they are on sale they are quite small.

dh0661

EastWallGirl wrote: »

Lidl are doing them for 79 cents and they are a good size. Tesco are usually 1.19 and when they are on sale they are quite small.

Aubergines?

Saruman

dh0661 wrote: »

Aubergines?

No, eggplants

tscul32

arugula = rocket