If you’re not American and have ever seen an eggplant before, you’ve probably spent a significant amount of time wondering why, in good God’s heavenly embrace, someone decided to name this fruit—yes, it’s technically a fruit, but more on that later—an eggplant.
Of all the things to name it after, eggs seem to be one of the biggest stretches of the imagination. The first thing is the color: eggplants are a deep purple, almost black-ish. There’s never been an egg in the history of chickens that turned out dark purple. Not once.
