It is probably a texture/mouthfeel thing. Eggplant is a unique vegetable. Speaking about vegetables, recently I had a pasta salad that had chopped radish along with the more traditional vegetables such as celery, onion etc. It was soooo good. Radish would be another vegetable I would put on my favorites list.

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