tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24700217.post3328383586262108521..comments2023-03-28T22:09:12.765+10:30Comments on Nourish Me: Three eggplants, one curryLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05524429760235996360noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24700217.post-43817413387888659922008-03-05T10:29:00.000+10:302008-03-05T10:29:00.000+10:30Warda, the lime leaves are also known as Kaffir Li...Warda, the lime leaves are also known as Kaffir Lime Leaves and are a wonderfully fragrant South East Asian ingredient. I hope you find them - they also make a lovely pot of tea!<BR/><BR/>Vegeyum - how can it be autumn?!!! I turned my back and all he things I'd been looking forward to had gone. Hope you enjoyed your trip - it sounds incredible. <BR/><BR/>Cynthia, I know just how lucky I am living here! Thanks, as always. <BR/><BR/>Thanks Gay - even my eggplant-phobic stepson ate it with some relish. <BR/><BR/>Hi Kaykat - they're quite something to look at, aren't they?<BR/><BR/>I love coming across something I've no experience with, Kalyn. Sure you do, too!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524429760235996360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24700217.post-37797687121742529582008-03-04T13:40:00.000+10:302008-03-04T13:40:00.000+10:30So interesting. I love the sound of pea eggplant;...So interesting. I love the sound of pea eggplant; never seen it before that I can remember.Kalyn Dennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24700217.post-5266899990833546082008-03-04T11:55:00.000+10:302008-03-04T11:55:00.000+10:30Those pea eggplants rock! And this curry sounds de...Those pea eggplants rock! And this curry sounds delicious :)KayKathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14888078673230631762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24700217.post-46640313618482169242008-03-03T22:15:00.000+10:302008-03-03T22:15:00.000+10:30I love all those ingredients, I bet this would tas...I love all those ingredients, I bet this would taste great!<BR/><BR/><BR/>GayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24700217.post-53722858639739648622008-03-01T12:49:00.000+10:302008-03-01T12:49:00.000+10:30You get such attractive produce! I have never seen...You get such attractive produce! I have never seen the pea-eggplants. Georgeous pics as usual dear.Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565340772467109199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24700217.post-80418499790143240572008-02-29T21:32:00.000+10:302008-02-29T21:32:00.000+10:30I am devastated too. A few hot days in December, I...I am devastated too. A few hot days in December, I go away in January, just back home and summer is over! Where did it go?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24700217.post-27950876028635991672008-02-29T15:09:00.000+10:302008-02-29T15:09:00.000+10:30Oh Lucy! your eggplants! Your eggplants are killin...Oh Lucy! your eggplants! Your eggplants are killing me! Along with your writing! I wish I had half your talent my dear.<BR/>The curry sounds fabulous. There are three indian stores near where I live. I will take a look for the ingredients. I haven't seen lime leaves before. But who knows!Wardahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13682390924316164553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24700217.post-6302098383726491652008-02-29T08:21:00.000+10:302008-02-29T08:21:00.000+10:30It was just the adventure I needed Johanna - when ...It was just the adventure I needed Johanna - when I was out the other day though, this month's edition of Gourmet Traveller features...all three eggplants. As Homer Simpson would so eloquently say, 'Doh!'<BR/><BR/>They are a very good combination, Anh! <BR/><BR/>Ricki, I reckon Ms Locks would find something wrong with it - she's a picky little girl - but you, would not! Only one day to go...<BR/><BR/>Almost, Suganya!<BR/><BR/>Hi Zorra - a shame, though an Asian Grocer may be able to source the pickled variety. Thanks for hosting WHB!<BR/><BR/>Lisa, go and get thee to the veg store. Immediately! I've been thinkng about the stuffed and 'butter soft' eggplants in Yamuna Devi's book as a first blogging foray into her work. <BR/><BR/>Wendy, darls, thanks for the inspiration! (Much needed) Isn't the purple intense on those Apple eggplants and, better still, their little 'hats'?<BR/><BR/>A pleasure, Simona!<BR/><BR/>And colour, Calli, is as wonderful a starting point as I can imagine.<BR/><BR/>Deb, I think you're right - they do look liken a hard berry...just the kind that looks as though it may poison you! So you've got oddly warm weather and we have it oddly cold...hmm...does make you wonder, doesn't it? <BR/><BR/>Christina, I love those Apple ones, though they sadly lose that vibrant colour, but not, however, their crisp texture. Some seeds just won't budge, will they? I tried growing some native greens and not even a pathetic little hint of sprouting from any of them. Good luck...<BR/><BR/>Rosa, duck curry...don't tempt me!! I'm glad you've had some experience of them - Zorra next door in Germany doubts she's ever find them. <BR/><BR/>Oh, Nora, curry and egplants go together so well! I love that eggplant becomes a sponge in such dishes, absorbing all that flavour, but diffusing its heat, too. Glad you liked the Valentine's Ginger Hearts - was going to post it on the 14th of Feb but chickened out in the end!<BR/><BR/>Berries leaving always makes me sad, Shula. I mean, frozen is okay, but fresh raspberries are a thing of such beauty...<BR/><BR/>Susan, once again, my friend, you have hit the proverbial nail on the head. Blogging brings such a wide and exceptional variety of goods into our kitchens, vitually, so that when and if you should stumble across something as odd as this, you will have had 'some' experience with it! Bitter. Yes. You and I must have strong livers - 'bitter' is much out of favour in the West, but lauded in the East as a tonic!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524429760235996360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24700217.post-54994940981498106832008-02-28T06:29:00.000+10:302008-02-28T06:29:00.000+10:30I may be one of the few on the planet who wouldn't...I may be one of the few on the planet who wouldn't spit out bitter, *but* I would much rather have these tots bobbing in a roiling, creamy curry.<BR/><BR/>It's doubtful whether I will ever find eggplants as novel as these, but that's what makes food blogging so impossibly fun.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970742141705361136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24700217.post-81767286709914023252008-02-27T20:36:00.000+10:302008-02-27T20:36:00.000+10:30Totally with you on paragraph one.Overnight, the b...Totally with you on paragraph one.<BR/><BR/>Overnight, the berries have vanished.<BR/><BR/>I'm very upset.shulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00349989043861777133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24700217.post-82559825847499399942008-02-27T19:06:00.000+10:302008-02-27T19:06:00.000+10:30Hi Lucy,I can spend hours "window shopping" at the...Hi Lucy,<BR/>I can spend hours "window shopping" at the farmers market, so many interesting finds if one looks hard enough. Curry is the perfect canvas for these lovely eggplants. I think I've had pea eggplants in a saucy dish at a Thai restaurant in Singapore. Now I know what it is...thanks for all the interesting info. and the lovely photos. The last photo looks like a heart shaped ginger. :-)<BR/><BR/>I've never made my own green curry paste, actually, I hardly ever cook green curry at home (so many great Thai take-away places in Sydney, as you know). Now I feel tempted to try. <BR/><BR/>Hope that your week is going well & that you continue to be inspired.<BR/><BR/>X NoraNora B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04360757422555317095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24700217.post-82838886931884774782008-02-27T16:57:00.000+10:302008-02-27T16:57:00.000+10:30What a beautiful way of using three types of eggpl...What a beautiful way of using three types of eggplant! I love the idea of layering the different eggplant tastes and textures in a spicy sauce. I've often come across pea eggplants in Thai duck curries, and love them.Rosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010394263374216145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24700217.post-71731459786552017952008-02-27T12:07:00.000+10:302008-02-27T12:07:00.000+10:30Creative, fun, and just beautiful! I've never hea...Creative, fun, and just beautiful! I've never heard of the apple eggplants before. Man, I just love eggplants, but I'm having the hardest time getting my eggplant seeds to grow. I'm going to have to start all over on them. Darnit!Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24700217.post-80534565617743113082008-02-27T09:27:00.000+10:302008-02-27T09:27:00.000+10:30Lucy, what a fun find! We have nothing like those...Lucy, what a fun find! We have nothing like those around here, but they sure are interesting!<BR/>They look like a hard berry. <BR/><BR/>Where did Feb go? Although the weather here has seemed like April weather. It has been in the 80's the past few days, way to warm for Feb in Key West. Global Warming ?winedebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16891313852429967357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24700217.post-81410786776904512862008-02-27T07:46:00.000+10:302008-02-27T07:46:00.000+10:30Such gorgeous images. I especially like the pea eg...Such gorgeous images. I especially like the pea eggplant set in front of the apple. I love when inspiration busts the ordinary drudge of being. Suddenly one can see color again!Callipygiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11131979717873807365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24700217.post-51187301841476783002008-02-27T07:42:00.000+10:302008-02-27T07:42:00.000+10:30Such an interesting read! Thanks for explaining th...Such an interesting read! Thanks for explaining the details of those interesting vegetables.Simona Carinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10621645217450504400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24700217.post-27686470742990781982008-02-27T07:37:00.000+10:302008-02-27T07:37:00.000+10:30This sounds divine. Just divine.More than persuade...This sounds divine. Just divine.<BR/>More than persuaded to give the pea aubergines another chance. And I've fallen in love with those apple eggplants. How cute are they? :)Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07157804056370219398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24700217.post-34970912225953619352008-02-27T06:24:00.000+10:302008-02-27T06:24:00.000+10:30I don't often cook with eggplant, but then I see a...I don't often cook with eggplant, but then I see a lovely recipe like this one and I question why that is. Your green curry paste sounds wonderful.Lisa Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596930753946940084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24700217.post-8634607246387571692008-02-26T19:39:00.000+10:302008-02-26T19:39:00.000+10:30Sounds very interessting. Unfortunatley I don't ha...Sounds very interessting. Unfortunatley I don't have access to these eggplants. :-(<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your participation in WHB. Roundup should be online next Monday.zorrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12399066614628852479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24700217.post-7821977343912641142008-02-26T16:27:00.000+10:302008-02-26T16:27:00.000+10:30OMG, those are cute. Too pretty to eat.OMG, those are cute. Too pretty to eat.Suganyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12821337638419512585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24700217.post-71956487071104711962008-02-26T15:26:00.000+10:302008-02-26T15:26:00.000+10:30Mmmm! I do love a good curry. This sounds fabulo...Mmmm! I do love a good curry. This sounds fabulous (and you've even made those pea eggplants look very appetizing!). But would Ms. Locks find it too hot, too cold, or just right? Oh, and sorry, but February vanishing is a good thing in this neck of the WOODS (groan). ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24700217.post-55723724865092477292008-02-26T13:29:00.000+10:302008-02-26T13:29:00.000+10:30So lovely! i made something similar once or twice ...So lovely! i made something similar once or twice in the past with all the eggplants you used here, too. These eggplants, curry paste and coconut milk are wonderful combination. Love love them!Anhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09712039473488252840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24700217.post-18637399800019027602008-02-26T13:01:00.000+10:302008-02-26T13:01:00.000+10:30that curry sounds like a wonderful adventure. I w...that curry sounds like a wonderful adventure. I was at the vic market today and didn't see these but then, I wasn't looking - wish I had been as I am curious. w<BR/><BR/>hen I saw your curry paste recipe I thought how exotic all the ingredients used to seem and now I don't blink twice :-) Maybe one day those little pea eggplants will be ordinary fareJohanna GGGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594201473931487490noreply@blogger.com