白茄子と黒茄子 イギリスの菜園を想い出す。

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 Egg plant（卵の植物）と名付けたイギリス人が
出会うよりもずっと昔、白茄子はシルクロードの
果てしない砂漠を越えて旅をしていたの。

熱い太陽が照りつけるインドで生まれた白茄子は、
旅人たちの荷物に揺られてペルシャへ渡り、
そこから情熱的なアラビアの商人たちによって、
地中海の美しい海を渡ってヨーロッパへと
運ばれてきたのよ。

それで、卵のような実を見たイギリス人が " Egg plant " と名付けたの。

実はね、当時のイギリスの貴族たちは、この白茄子を「食べるため」ではなく、
そのあまりの愛らしさから、お城の温室で観賞用の植物として大切に育てていたのよ。
まるでお庭に実った宝石を愛でるようにね。

だから黒茄子は、イギリスではフランス由来の 
" Aubergine（オーベルジーヌ）" と呼ぶのよ。



わたくしが初めて種から育てた白茄子に
よろしければ美しい姿をあなたにも








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