Mak Khua®..

Round green vegetable which I normally see in Penang or Gairng Wahn (?) about the size of a tomato and when cooked the same consistancy inside as a tomato.

My wife says in her book it's translated as a type of apple, but she says this confuses her and the book is wrong...

Am I right in thinking that it is called "Brinjal" in English, and the reason it may be translated as a type of apple is that it is really a fruit..?

totster

p.s - she did tell me what type of apple but I have forgotton... and also not sure whether I have the correct forum, so feel free to move to food if that's where it is more relevant.

Mak Khua®..

Round green vegetable which I normally see in Penang or Gairng Wahn (?) about the size of a tomato and when cooked the same consistancy inside as a tomato.

My wife says in her book it's translated as a type of apple, but she says this confuses her and the book is wrong... 

Am I right in thinking that it is called "Brinjal" in English, and the reason it may be translated as a type of apple is that it is really a fruit..? 

totster 

p.s - she did tell me what type of apple but I have forgotton... and also not sure whether I have the correct forum, so feel free to move to food if that's where it is more relevant.

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This?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_eggplant

Mak Khua®..

Round green vegetable which I normally see in Penang or Gairng Wahn (?) about the size of a tomato and when cooked the same consistancy inside as a tomato.

My wife says in her book it's translated as a type of apple, but she says this confuses her and the book is wrong... 

Am I right in thinking that it is called "Brinjal" in English, and the reason it may be translated as a type of apple is that it is really a fruit..? 

totster 

p.s - she did tell me what type of apple but I have forgotton... and also not sure whether I have the correct forum, so feel free to move to food if that's where it is more relevant.

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This?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_eggplant

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That's what she said it was.... Egg Apple...

totster

Yep, it's a variety of eggplant.

Yep, it's a variety of eggplant.

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Any idea's why my wifes book translates it as an "egg apple"..?

totster

I really have no idea - some authors have their own ideas about words... To venture a guess, maybe the author thought it looks a bit like an apple, and thought "eggplant" was a bad description (because it's a fruit, not a plant) .

...or found this site on the internet?

http://www.foodsubs.com/Eggplants.html

I didn't know this was a variety of eggplant but it is known as Brinjal in English.

Totster, if you are not familar with EggPlant then you may recognize the English (UK) word Aubergine.

I am familiar with "Eggplant"... but I didn't realise there were so bloody many different ones.... I thought there was only the purple one.

Also.. after checking the link Meadish supplied it seems there is a " Green Apple Eggplant",

but this is not the same as the " Thai Eggplant "

totster

nasty veggies either way

and they eat them raw

I love'em. Acquired taste and all that.

Mak Khua®..

Am I right in thinking that it is called "Brinjal" in English, and the reason it may be translated as a type of apple is that it is really a fruit..? 

'Brinjal' sounds very Indian (Hindi, perhaps) to me, and it makes sense that this is a plant found in India as well - so I guess (without proof so far) that it entered the English vocab during colonization.

nasty veggies either way  

and they eat them raw

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They eat them raw mostly with *Namprik* Chillie paste. But not eating raw just for fun. It has no taste. We have many kind of Makhuar. มะเขือเปาะ ....มะเขือยาว... ฯลฯ..? We have in green Makhuar Yao...or eggplant ( Aubegine ), or small like fruit. We also do have slang for Makhuar Pao มะเขือเผา...too....anybody knows please help, because I dont know the slang word in english for this word.