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Originally Posted by Starlight
I appreciate the information.  I may get some Kamo seeds. Add some culture to the garden.  I had read on some other TV threads where folks said they liked it. |
Again, I'm really not a huge fan of eggplant, so my taste may vary from yours. However, if you're going to pick a japanese eggplant, I'd probably recommend mitoyo and kamo in that order. To me, Mitoyo is sweeter and with less "richness". It grows out to roughly the size of a navel orange or maybe a small red star grapefruit.
Oh I should add, if you cook eggplant Parmesan with asian eggplant instead of some traditional med variety, the end result is not something everyone is going to like. Expats usually have to mod their recipes to try to imitate original consistency. less dense eggplant + lots of sauce = a mushier dish. Of course not everyone likes a lot of sauce.... I think this is why a lot of faux steak dishes that use eggplants use mediterranean varieties when they grill, since they keep shape and don't shrink much.