eggplants

scientific name: Solanum Melongena Common name: eggplant!

The eggplant is scientifically a fruit but, in the culanary world it is considered a vegetable.

 Wacky Facts
 1. People in Egypt believed that if you ate eggplant while pregnant, you would give birth to an evil baby

 2. Eggplant worsens symptoms of arthritis

 3. Ancient Chinese women polished their teeth with eggplant skins.

 4. Once eggplant was thought to make you go mad

 5. Eggplant is considered a berry

Eggplant juice helps to lower cholesterol in artery walls, and control blood pressure

 