Do You Actually Need to Salt Eggplant in Advance?
Do You Actually Need to Salt Eggplant in Advance?
In The Kitchen Scientist, The Flavor Equation author Nik Sharma breaks down the science of good food, from rinsing rice to salting coffee. Today: everything you ever wanted to know about eggplant.
Eggplant is both a fruit and a vegetable. Botanically and technically speaking, it’s a fruit (eggplants are considered berries because they arise from flowers and contain several seeds). But most of us eat eggplants in savory dishes, so by that rule of usage, it becomes a vegetable (tomatoes and peppers also fall into this confusing category). Eggplant is also an emoji with naughty implications.