i use them on top of a mousakka and i have had no effect either
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PLEASE READ!!!Eggplants, like tomatoes, peppers, and potatoes are members of the nightshade family.All eggplants contain certain amounts of the toxin Solanine but younger fruit has higher concentrations. Reactions to this poison are usually gastrointestinal and range from mild nausea to severe and convulsive vomiting and diarrhea. Other symptoms have been reported such as burning of the throat, cardiac dysrhythmia, headache and dizziness. Hallucinations, loss of sensation, paralysis, fever, jaundice, dilated pupils and hypothermia have been reported in more severe cases. In large quantities, solanine poisoning can cause death. One study suggests that doses of 2 to 5 mg per kilogram of body weight can cause toxic symptoms, and doses of 3 to 6 mg per kilogram of body weight can be fatal. Symptoms usually occur 8 to 12 hours after ingestion, but may occur as rapidly as 30 minutes after eating high-solanine foods.
The lowest dose to cause symptoms of nausea is about 25 mg solanine for adults, a life-threatening dose for a regular-weight adult ranges about 400 mg solanine.
Heat has absolutely no effect on solanine. The best way to avoid poisoning is to 1)choose only very ripe eggplants/aubergines, 2)soak for a couple of hours in very salty warm water, rinse and soak again in tap water, 3)cook until the eggplant is very well-done (this has nothing to do with exposure to heat but rather to the breakdown in fibers and leeching out of poison this causes). Another precaution is to peel the skin. Some people however are so sensitive to solanine that they should not eat eggplants under any circumstances.
aubergine. ( A what?)
The aubergine is what Americans call eggplant. Aubergine is a white or purple savory fruit (like tomatoes are really fruit) with a soggy spongy interior and smooth shiny outer skin. The ones typically found in the US are purple, but most stores also carry white ones. It is widely used in Mediterranean, Arabic and North African cuisine
No! Don't eat that!
yes
You can but it won't taste of much.
If the skin has gone wrinkley and very soft
Yes, aubergines are perfectly edible vegetables.
The correct spelling of Aubergine is Aubergine.
I chew the dead skin around my fingernains and have never gotten sick from it so I imagine it is ok Did you ever eat live skin on a chicken leg?
"Aubergine." Alternatively, the American-English word for aubergine is "egg plant."
The word aubergine is of Arabic origin. Aubergine is more commonly known as the eggplant. The word aubergine is used in England in place of eggplant.
Red and blue will make aubergine.