It's a wonderful thing when you are surprised by the loveliness of a vegetable plant growing in one's plot. OK, some might consider it to be technicaly a fruit, but that I think is splitting hairs. Here is my favourite aubergine, with its gorgeous velvety leaves, with their cockled edges. It produces many elongated slim aubergines which are delicious and have no hint of bitterness or sharp spines on their calix, in other words an all round good thing. I am preparing Moussaka tonight - will report back...
