With its taught, glossy skin and regal, deep purple colour, this is surely one of the most beautiful vegetables around. (Although, to be pedantic, it's a fruit, which puts it in competition with figs...)
It is a member of the Nightshade family, as in Deadly, along with potatoes tomatoes, peppers, chillies and tobacco. It is the only major vegetable in the Nightshade family to come from the Old World. (The tomato was slow to catch on in Europe when it was introduced from South America due to its resemblance to Deadly Nightshade.)
It is a member of the Nightshade family, as in Deadly, along with potatoes tomatoes, peppers, chillies and tobacco. It is the only major vegetable in the Nightshade family to come from the Old World. (The tomato was slow to catch on in Europe when it was introduced from South America due to its resemblance to Deadly Nightshade.)
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