0_Wizard
Hello! Eggplant is one of my favorite fruits to cook with. What's yours?
The fruit is widely used in cooking.
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Cuisine of the United States
The cuisine of the United States reflects its history. The European colonization of the Americas yielded the introduction of a number of ingredients and cooking styles to the latter. The various styles continued expanding well into the 19th and 20th centuries, proportional to the influx of immigrants from many different nations; such influx developed a rich diversity in food preparation throughout the country. Early Native Americans utilized a number of cooking methods in early American Cuisine that have been blended with early European cooking methods to form the basis of American Cuisine. When the colonists came to the colonies, they farmed animals for clothing and meat in a similar fashion to what they had done in Europe.
Israeli cuisine
The Israeli cuisine ( "ha-mitbach ha-yisra’eli") comprises local dishes by people native to Israel and dishes brought to Israel by Jews from the Diaspora. Since before the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, and particularly since the late 1970s, an Israeli Jewish fusion cuisine has developed. Israeli cuisine has adopted, and continues to adapt, elements of various styles of Jewish cuisine, particularly the Mizrahi, Sephardic and Ashkenazi styles of cooking. It incorporates many foods traditionally eaten in Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisines, and foods such as falafel, hummus, msabbha, shakshouka, couscous, and za'atar are now widely popular in Israel.
Eggplant
Eggplant ("Solanum melongena"), or aubergine, is a species of nightshade, grown for its edible fruit. Eggplant is the common name in North America, Australia and New Zealand, but British English uses the French word "aubergine". It is known in South Asia and South Africa as "brinjal". The fruit is widely used in cooking. As a member of the genus "Solanum", it is related to the tomato and the potato. It was originally domesticated from the wild nightshade species, the thorn or bitter apple, "S. incanum", probably with two independent domestications, one in South Asia and one in East Asia. The eggplant is a delicate, tropical perennial often cultivated as a tender or half-hardy annual in temperate climates.
Eggplant run
An eggplant run is a challenge playthrough of the 2012 roguelike-like platform video game "Spelunky HD". Such a playthrough centers on carrying an eggplant item to the final boss of the game, King Yama, and tossing it into his face. This eggplant item was originally added to "Spelunky" as part of an easter egg pitched by the game's composer Eirik Suhrke, and "Spelunky"s lead designer Derek Yu decided to give it the additional function of turning King Yama into an inert eggplant monster. Though carrying out a full eggplant run in "Spelunky"s cooperative mode is fairly manageble, it is nearly impossible to do a single-player eggplant run.
Eggplant salads and appetizers
Many cuisines feature eggplant salads and appetizers. "Baba ghanoush" (Arabic بابا غنوج "bābā ghanūj") is a popular Levantine dish of eggplant (aubergine) mashed and mixed with various seasonings. Frequently the eggplant is baked or broiled over an open flame before peeling, so that the pulp is soft and has a smoky taste. Baba ghanoush is usually eaten as a dip with pita bread, and is sometimes added to other dishes. It is usually of an earthy light brown color. In Ethiopia, this dish is commonly known as "blagadoush". Similar to baba ghanoush is another Levantine dish "mutabbal" (متبل lit. 'spiced'), which also includes mashed cooked aubergines and tahini, and mixed with salt, pepper, olive oil, and anar seeds.
Eggplant Functional
Eggplant Functional, stylized as eggPlant Functional, is a black-box GUI test automation tool, originally developed by Redstone Software starting in 2002. Redstone was acquired on 2 September 2008 by a UK-based company called TestPlant. Its approach uses image matching technology as opposed to looking to the object-level of the application being tested. This allows for system-wide automation of a system-under-test as opposed to an application-specific solution. It also means that the technology used to build the application to be tested does not matter, nor does the system that the application runs on.
Eggplant Wizard
Eggplant Wizard is an antagonist in the "Kid Icarus" series of video games, and one of the franchise's breakout characters. Although his appearance has evolved throughout the years, he is consistently depicted as a large, one-eyed, anthropomorphic eggplant. He carries a staff which he uses to shoot eggplants at Pit, the player controlled character. If the projectiles come in contact with Pit, they will transform him into an eggplant until a nurse rids him of the ailment. The Eggplant Wizard has gained notoriety within the video gaming community as one of the most challenging and hated enemies in video games, and he has developed a significant enough following that he has been mentioned by mainstream media outlets such as ABC News.
1_Apprentice
I am a big fan of eggplant but I wasn't aware that it is a fruit.  Is that true?
0_Wizard
Weird, right?! Have you ever tried baba ghanoush? It's really good with pita bread.
Baba ghanoush is usually eaten as a dip with pita bread, and is sometimes added to other dishes.
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Eggplant salads and appetizers
Many cuisines feature eggplant salads and appetizers. "Baba ghanoush" (Arabic بابا غنوج "bābā ghanūj") is a popular Levantine dish of eggplant (aubergine) mashed and mixed with various seasonings. Frequently the eggplant is baked or broiled over an open flame before peeling, so that the pulp is soft and has a smoky taste. Baba ghanoush is usually eaten as a dip with pita bread, and is sometimes added to other dishes. It is usually of an earthy light brown color. In Ethiopia, this dish is commonly known as "blagadoush". Similar to baba ghanoush is another Levantine dish "mutabbal" (متبل lit. 'spiced'), which also includes mashed cooked aubergines and tahini, and mixed with salt, pepper, olive oil, and anar seeds.
Israeli cuisine
The Israeli cuisine ( "ha-mitbach ha-yisra’eli") comprises local dishes by people native to Israel and dishes brought to Israel by Jews from the Diaspora. Since before the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, and particularly since the late 1970s, an Israeli Jewish fusion cuisine has developed. Israeli cuisine has adopted, and continues to adapt, elements of various styles of Jewish cuisine, particularly the Mizrahi, Sephardic and Ashkenazi styles of cooking. It incorporates many foods traditionally eaten in Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisines, and foods such as falafel, hummus, msabbha, shakshouka, couscous, and za'atar are now widely popular in Israel.
Palestinian cuisine
Palestinian cuisine consists of foods from or commonly eaten by Palestinians—which includes those living in Palestine, Israel, Jordan, refugee camps in nearby countries as well as by the Palestinian diaspora. The cuisine is a diffusion of the cultures of civilizations that settled in the region of Palestine, particularly during and after the Islamic era beginning with the Arab Ummayad conquest, then the eventual Persian-influenced Abbasids and ending with the strong influences of Turkish cuisine, resulting from the coming of the Ottoman Turks. It is similar to other Levantine cuisines, including Lebanese, Syrian and Jordanian.
Baba ghanoush
Baba ghanoush ( "bābā ghannūj", also appears as "baba ganoush" or "baba ghanouj") is a Levantine dish of cooked eggplant mixed with tahina (made from sesame seeds), olive oil, and various seasonings. The Arabic "bābā" means "father", while "ghannūj" could be a personal name. The word combination is also interpreted as "father of coquetry" or "indulged/pampered daddy". The traditional preparation method is for the eggplant to be baked or broiled over an open flame before peeling, so that the pulp is soft and has a smoky taste. It is a typical "meze" (starter), often eaten as a dip with "khubz" or pita bread, and is sometimes added to other dishes.
Pita
Pita ( or ) in Greek, sometimes spelled Pitta (mainly UK), also known as Arabic bread, Lebanese bread, or Syrian bread, is a soft, slightly leavened flatbread baked from wheat flour, which originated in Western Asia, most probably Mesopotamia around 2500 BC. It is used in many Mediterranean, Balkan, and Middle Eastern cuisines, and resembles other slightly leavened flatbreads such as Iranian "nan-e barbari", Central and South Asian flatbreads (such as "naan"), and pizza crust. The first known mention of the word in English was in 1936. The English word is borrowed from Modern Greek πίτα, in turn from the Byzantine Greek πίτα "bread, cake, pie, pitta" (attested in 1108) and possibly from the Ancient Greek πίττα or πίσσα "pitch/resin" (for the gloss), or Ancient Greek πικτή ("pikte"), "fermented pastry," which may have passed to Latin as "picta" cf.
Arab cuisine
Arab cuisine () is the cuisine of the Arabs, defined as the various regional cuisines spanning the Arab world, from the Maghreb to the Fertile Crescent and the Arabian Peninsula. The cuisines are often centuries old and reflect the culture of great trading in spices, herbs, and foods. The three main regions, also known as the Maghreb, the Fertile Crescent, and the Arabian Peninsula have many similarities, but also many unique traditions. These kitchens have been influenced by the climate, cultivating possibilities, as well as trading possibilities. The kitchens of the Maghreb and Levant are relatively young kitchens that were developed over the past centuries.
Mediterranean cuisine
Mediterranean cuisine is the foods and methods of preparation by people of the Mediterranean Basin region, especially those of Southern Europe. The idea of a Mediterranean cuisine originates with the cookery writer Elizabeth David's book, "A Book of Mediterranean Food" (1950). She and other writers including the Tunisian historian Mohamed Yassine Essid define the three core elements of the cuisine as the olive, wheat, and the grape, yielding olive oil, bread and pasta, and wine; other writers emphasize the diversity of the region's foods and deny that it is a useful concept. The geographical area covered broadly follows the distribution of the olive tree, as noted by David and Essid.
1_Apprentice
That's funny.  Baba ghanoush was on the menu at a restaurant I was at last night.  I didn't order it, but I should have.  No, never tried it.
0_Wizard
Oh, what a shame! I would recommend it for you to try. Eggplant is also very tasty in eggplant parmasesan.
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Eggplant
Eggplant ("Solanum melongena"), or aubergine, is a species of nightshade, grown for its edible fruit. Eggplant is the common name in North America, Australia and New Zealand, but British English uses the French word "aubergine". It is known in South Asia and South Africa as "brinjal". The fruit is widely used in cooking. As a member of the genus "Solanum", it is related to the tomato and the potato. It was originally domesticated from the wild nightshade species, the thorn or bitter apple, "S. incanum", probably with two independent domestications, one in South Asia and one in East Asia. The eggplant is a delicate, tropical perennial often cultivated as a tender or half-hardy annual in temperate climates.
Eggplant run
An eggplant run is a challenge playthrough of the 2012 roguelike-like platform video game "Spelunky HD". Such a playthrough centers on carrying an eggplant item to the final boss of the game, King Yama, and tossing it into his face. This eggplant item was originally added to "Spelunky" as part of an easter egg pitched by the game's composer Eirik Suhrke, and "Spelunky"s lead designer Derek Yu decided to give it the additional function of turning King Yama into an inert eggplant monster. Though carrying out a full eggplant run in "Spelunky"s cooperative mode is fairly manageble, it is nearly impossible to do a single-player eggplant run.
Eggplant salads and appetizers
Many cuisines feature eggplant salads and appetizers. "Baba ghanoush" (Arabic بابا غنوج "bābā ghanūj") is a popular Levantine dish of eggplant (aubergine) mashed and mixed with various seasonings. Frequently the eggplant is baked or broiled over an open flame before peeling, so that the pulp is soft and has a smoky taste. Baba ghanoush is usually eaten as a dip with pita bread, and is sometimes added to other dishes. It is usually of an earthy light brown color. In Ethiopia, this dish is commonly known as "blagadoush". Similar to baba ghanoush is another Levantine dish "mutabbal" (متبل lit. 'spiced'), which also includes mashed cooked aubergines and tahini, and mixed with salt, pepper, olive oil, and anar seeds.
Eggplant Functional
Eggplant Functional, stylized as eggPlant Functional, is a black-box GUI test automation tool, originally developed by Redstone Software starting in 2002. Redstone was acquired on 2 September 2008 by a UK-based company called TestPlant. Its approach uses image matching technology as opposed to looking to the object-level of the application being tested. This allows for system-wide automation of a system-under-test as opposed to an application-specific solution. It also means that the technology used to build the application to be tested does not matter, nor does the system that the application runs on.
Eggplant Wizard
Eggplant Wizard is an antagonist in the "Kid Icarus" series of video games, and one of the franchise's breakout characters. Although his appearance has evolved throughout the years, he is consistently depicted as a large, one-eyed, anthropomorphic eggplant. He carries a staff which he uses to shoot eggplants at Pit, the player controlled character. If the projectiles come in contact with Pit, they will transform him into an eggplant until a nurse rids him of the ailment. The Eggplant Wizard has gained notoriety within the video gaming community as one of the most challenging and hated enemies in video games, and he has developed a significant enough following that he has been mentioned by mainstream media outlets such as ABC News.
Israeli cuisine
The Israeli cuisine ( "ha-mitbach ha-yisra’eli") comprises local dishes by people native to Israel and dishes brought to Israel by Jews from the Diaspora. Since before the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, and particularly since the late 1970s, an Israeli Jewish fusion cuisine has developed. Israeli cuisine has adopted, and continues to adapt, elements of various styles of Jewish cuisine, particularly the Mizrahi, Sephardic and Ashkenazi styles of cooking. It incorporates many foods traditionally eaten in Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisines, and foods such as falafel, hummus, msabbha, shakshouka, couscous, and za'atar are now widely popular in Israel.
Moussaka
Moussaka (, or ) is an eggplant- (aubergine) or potato-based dish, often including ground meat, in the Levant, Middle East, and Balkans, with many local and regional variations. Many versions have a top layer made of milk-based sauce thickened with egg (custard) or flour (béchamel sauce). In Greece, the dish is layered and typically served hot. In Turkey, it is sautéed and served in the style of a casserole, and consumed warm or at room temperature. In the Arab world it is usually eaten cold. The English name for moussaka comes from Greek ' (), which derived from Arabic ' (), meaning "chilled".
1_Apprentice
I love eggplant parmasean.  I often eat eggplant instead of meat.  It's very satisfying.  