New Variety Alert! Striped Garden Egg. Available at Truelove Seeds (dot com)! This African variety has a delicious and slightly bitter flavor. There are many varieties of Garden Egg, but this one is special because of its beauty and productivity. The fruit are versatile and can be eaten raw, boiled, sautéed, or in soups. They are slightly later to produce and taller than other eggplant but very productive once they get going. Many traditional African recipes can be found online and they also are excellent simply grilled or sautéed with other veggies. The rich flavor lend itself well to spicy dishes. Young leaves are cooked down into stews. In the West, this particular variety is known as “Striped Toga Eggplant”, which causes many to assume origins in Togo. There are several striped varieties of this “Gilo” type of African or Scarlet Eggplant, but it is difficult to find African sources of information about “Striped Toga”. African eggplants are traditionally eaten while green and/or white, before they become colorful and develop hard seeds, though many Western seed catalogs and chefs say to eat this variety when orange, and many simply promote it as an ornamental plant. If you are African (or from anywhere else!) and recognize this variety as your traditional food, we would love to hear more about how you grow and cook with it! #gilo #scarleteggplant #solanumaethiopicum #stripedtogaeggplant #stripedgardenegg #gardenegg #eggplant https://www.instagram.com/p/B7Yv7dbgdkr/?igshid=wo1bhwpb0hh5
