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This article needs a photo of an eggplant fruit cut in half. -SCEhard T 20:29, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Done -- I created Image:Eggplant-sliced.jpg and added it to the article. Kit 08:19, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

are you cool

'but what is the nutritional value of an eggplant?????'

My understanding is that eggplants have very little nutrional value at all. They have a good amount of fiber, but little else [1]. 128.197.81.223 21:25, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it could still be a healthy thing to eat, even without much nutritional value. Eggplant is frequently used as a substitute for meat, as in eggplant parmesan, instead of veal parmesan. Thus, eggplant can lower your intake of bad fat and bad cholesterol. This is similar to how water has almost no nutrients, but, if it keeps you from drinking pop, or even worse, diet pop, then it's quite a healthy thing to drink. StuRat 01:13, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sick of hearing stuff like this, it's ridiculous on several counts.

Eggfruit

I noticed recently that Coles supermarkets (in Australia) list eggplant as 'eggfruit', or at least they do in my area. I was wondering if anyone else has seen eggplants called 'eggfruits' anywhere else and whether this alternate name should be mentioned in the article? Thanks, --Colourblind 02:06, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nicotine content

Is it true that eggplant contains a significant amount of nicotine? Badagnani 01:21, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It seems it does! Look through the first few links on a Google search for "eggplant nicotine". For example, from an excellent study on breastfeeding and the use of alcohol, caffeine, nicotine and marijuana (I recommend glancing through this link): "avoid vegetables containing considerable amounts of nicotine - eggplant, green and pureed tomatoes and cauliflower. Ten grams of eggplant provides the same amount of nicotine obtained in three hours in a room with minimal tobacco smoke (Laurence 1985)." (For the context of this sentence, realize that 10g is very small -- a typical eggplant portion is more like 100g.) This link is very interesting, and I recommend it. But to answer your question: eggplant certainly contains copious amounts of nicotine. Tobacco is by far not the only plant to do so.

Nightshade relation

My World Book Encyclopedia states that "the shiny purple fruit of the Eggplant, which is now a popular vegetable, was at one time belived to be poisonous." Which makes perfect sense because of its relation to and resemblance of some night shade species such as the deadly nightshade; which is why I added it. --Dagibit 18:06, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal: Rename to eggplant?

Eggplant seems like the most common name for this in my dialect of English (Eastern/Southern US). I had not heard of Aubergine before I came upon this article. Maybe the majority of English speakers use this word, but if not I would propose a move. What do others think? Should I list a requested move? Is there more to discuss?--Andrew c 00:44, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If the majority of British English speakers call it Aubergine, then we should apply the MOS's principle of staying with the current dialect rule. Otherwise it should be moved to eggplant. --Yath 03:27, 7 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree completely, I just honestly do not know the answer to the question. And because I had never heard of Aubergine before, I've proposed this move.--Andrew c 03:56, 7 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Do not move WP policy (as cited above) is quite clear on this. When there are regional variants, and none is clearly predominant world-wide, we stick with what the article started with. Other versions should of course be mentioned in the article (as they are here) and redirects should be in place for them (as they are here). --Macrakis 16:19, 7 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Did you notice how it isn't clear whether "aubergine" is the common name in Britain? If you can clarify that question, please do so. The policy is clear enough, but we don't have enough knowledge to apply it yet. --Yath 16:38, 7 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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	'''Do not move''' WP policy (as cited above) is quite clear on this. When there are regional variants, and none is clearly predominant world-wide, we stick with what the article started with. Other versions should of course be mentioned in the article (as they are here) and redirects should be in place for them (as they are here). --[[User:Macrakis\|Macrakis]] 16:19, 7 October 2006 (UTC)		'''Do not move''' WP policy (as cited above) is quite clear on this. When there are regional variants, and none is clearly predominant world-wide, we stick with what the article started with. Other versions should of course be mentioned in the article (as they are here) and redirects should be in place for them (as they are here). --[[User:Macrakis\|Macrakis]] 16:19, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

			:Did you notice how it ''isn't'' clear whether "aubergine" is the common name in Britain? If you can clarify that question, please do so. The policy is clear enough, but we don't have enough knowledge to apply it yet. --[[User:Yath\|Yath]] 16:38, 7 October 2006 (UTC)