Comments on: Friday Night in Sicily http://tleaves.com/2006/02/17/friday-night-in-sicily/ Creativity x Technology Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Amos the Poker Cat http://tleaves.com/2006/02/17/friday-night-in-sicily/comment-page-1/#comment-2459 Amos the Poker Cat Mon, 27 Feb 2006 23:17:24 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=566#comment-2459 I would not expect Americans would eat more eggplant if we called it 'purple' instead. Words you will never hear. "Hmmm, cut me another hunk of purple." No Barney jokes. No pine nuts?!? I search out recipes just so I can use pine nuts. See Brutti Ma Buoni. Trivia: (from Wikipedia) The name "Pinocchio" is from Tuscany and means "pine nut" or "kernel". What about baba ghanoush? Tasty tasty stuff. Fun to make, especially the first time when the eggplant explodes in the oven. World's worst name. Shortening it does not help. Who wants to eat "baba"? Yew. I would not expect Americans would eat more eggplant if we called it ‘purple’ instead. Words you will never hear.

“Hmmm, cut me another hunk of purple.”

No Barney jokes.

No pine nuts?!? I search out recipes just so I can use pine nuts. See Brutti Ma Buoni. Trivia: (from Wikipedia) The name “Pinocchio” is from Tuscany and means “pine nut” or “kernel”.

What about baba ghanoush? Tasty tasty stuff. Fun to make, especially the first time when the eggplant explodes in the oven. World’s worst name. Shortening it does not help. Who wants to eat “baba”? Yew.

]]> By: peterb http://tleaves.com/2006/02/17/friday-night-in-sicily/comment-page-1/#comment-2458 peterb Sat, 18 Feb 2006 14:23:46 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=566#comment-2458 I don't think I understand what you mean -- _what_ is the problem with eggplant? If you're saying that the fact that eggplant absorbs lots of olive oil is a problem, then I can only assume you're the sort of person that says things like "The problem with a Ferrari is that it goes really fast," or "The problem with sex is that it feels great," or "The problem with flowers is that they are beautiful." My weight's good. I'm a total hottie. I don’t think I understand what you mean — _what_ is the problem with eggplant?

If you’re saying that the fact that eggplant absorbs lots of olive oil is a problem, then I can only assume you’re the sort of person that says things like “The problem with a Ferrari is that it goes really fast,” or “The problem with sex is that it feels great,” or “The problem with flowers is that they are beautiful.”

My weight’s good. I’m a total hottie.

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