Thursday, April 12, 2007

Sign in greengrocers:

"An aubergine, or 'eggplant' actually has nothing to do with an egg! It is called that simply because it is egg-shaped."


Who THE BLINKING FLIP thinks eggplants are literally a kind of egg?

*worries for the future*


UPDATE: yes it was that greengrocers. I did go back with my camera, but didn't take a photo in the end, I felt bad.


12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh dear god. Please take a picture...

Sylvia said...

Where's this, then? And was the sign full of apostrophes?

Anonymous said...

God only knows what some people must make of banana shallots or snow peas - and as for Turk's head squash...!

Anonymous said...

gah, and enidd thought they were elephants' eggs. another illusion shattered.

patroclus said...

Hm, I'm beginning to understand where I went wrong with that swiss cheese omelette recipe...

Annie said...

Um, who THE BLINKING FLIP thinks eggplants are actually egg-shaped?

Anonymous said...

Erm...at the risk of sounding like a smartarse, I think the "egg-plant" name owes its existnce to the variety of this plant shown at the link below.

http://www.mattbarrett.net/photos/santorini/eggplant.html

Can't do proper linky things, though. Sorry!

Anonymous said...

Am looking forward to signs appearing for runner beans, chestnuts, Jerusalem artichokes and Jersey royals.

Is this the greengrocers where you had your bizarre lime/greengage conversation?

Anonymous said...

I'm so disappointed...

Jen said...

And you know that Starfruit are not actually from space?

Pineapples however, are.

Anonymous said...

Skeadugenga - I reckon they could write a reference book on bean varieties! Magic, jelly etc as well as runner, butter and French (which surely must taste of onions).

Anonymous said...

Sticks her hand up and has to admit that she's not actually sure what eggplant looks like, but isn't it something Americans go in for a lot?

Although I did know that it's a type of vegetable and has nothing to do with eggs, so hopefully I have redeemed myself slightly!