I don’t know what to call you, so let’s call the whole thing off.

I thought the old Louis Armstrong / Ella Fitzgerald standard with the line “You say tomato I say tomahto” covered the differences between us here in Ireland and our American cousins quite well. On looking up some information on the Aubergine (or Eggplant to ye over there), I saw that it rampages in many different guises depending on where in the world you are. The list includes melongene, patlican, brinjal or guinea squash. For those interested in facts and figures, there are over 35 million tons grown each year and the plant is native to India.