Fairy Tale eggplant
Solanum melongena · Fruit vegetable
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'Fairy Tale' is a miniature hybrid eggplant prized for its slender, finger-length fruit streaked in lavender-purple and white. Picked young, it is mild, almost bitter-free and tender-skinned, the kind of eggplant you can roast, grill or sauté whole without peeling, salting or seeding.
Picking a good onedrag
Glossy, heavy, springs backDull, light, spongy
Shop firmEveryday bestThe all-rounder: roast, fry, stew, parmigiana.
CapCap green, edges drying back
SkinGlossy, a scuff or two
The pressDent fades as you watch
Smell at the capAlmost no smell at all
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What you get from one
97%
Edible part
548 g · cap and stem off
565 g
Weight each
each one
Keeping ittap a temperature
Below 10 °C it pits and its seeds brown; in a 5 °C fridge that takes about a week.
90–95%
Humidity
Loosely bagged
Airflow