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Nasu -japanese eggplants
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Posted by Shepparton Centr Vic Austr (My Page) on Mon, Oct 24, 05 at 10:20
When I was travelling in rural Japan I came across a whole series of "tsukemono" or Japanese pickles, made from eggplants. The only eggplants I know of here in Australia are whopping big purple ones the size of a fist, thin cylindrical purple ones bout 8 inches long or the pea green Thai ones. The ones in Japan were small okra sized three inches or smaller and purple and of a slightly different shape. When I asked one of the farming ladies, she told me these were "nasu".
Anyone with the background to tell me about these plants? Are they a variety of eggplant/aubergine? Are they something different?
Oh and if anybody has recipes for tskemono?! |
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RE: Nasu -japanese eggplants
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| http://www.evergreenseeds.com/evergreenseeds/oreg.html Many varieties of Oriental eggplants; I prefer the small ones over the big purples. tsukemono refers to Japanese pickled vegetables; as a style of food prep and not a single food item. You can simply google 'Japanese pickles' and get thousands of recipes. |
RE: Nasu -japanese eggplants
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Bad news: eggplants seeds are no longer allowed into Australia (see the AQIS site...). However Eden seeds seem to have a fairly good range of eggplant seeds and you might find something similar there.
Rose-Marie |
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