Today, to amuse myself and hopefully any of you who have a sense of humour and wonder, I did some aubergine shopping. I never buy eggplants because they don't exist.
So, here are my purchases.
First up these green(ish) ones. I have included a regular chicken egg for scale. These are common across SE Asia and south-east China. They can be eaten raw, but I usually cook them.
Then these: They are tiny and can be quite (OK. very) bitter but I like bitter. My left hand for scale.
And finally my all-time favourite. The reason why certain people call them eggplants. White aubergines. Again common in SE Asia, especially Vietnam in my experience, but also here in the last year or two. Again they are about egg-sized or smaller.
The last image is from my shopping app. They haven't arrived from Yunnan yet. On track for tomorrow.