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Published 2012
Aubergines were at one time regarded with both suspicion and superstition. The aubergine de Narbonne, also known as the violet longue, has several unflattering names in the vernacular –pommefurieuse, raging apple, poule pondeuse, laying hen and, worst of all, vit de l’âne, donkey’s pizzle.
This last name may hint at a long-held belief that eating aubergines made men feel more attractive to women, even though, in the early seventeenth century, these