Pingtung Long

Lomatia · January 31, 2008

This is quite a prolific eggplant and the flesh is very white. I will certainly grow it again.

DeanRIowa · January 31, 2008

Is it very bitter?

Dean

Lomatia · February 1, 2008

Haven't eaten them yet!!!!

Raymondo · February 1, 2008

They look good Lomatia.

DeanRIowa · February 1, 2008

Let us know how they taste and off course the recipe.

Enjoy.

Dean

epiphanista · February 1, 2008

Beautiful! I grew these several years in a row and they are probably my favorite eggplant.

good growing!
~Thalia

tuk50 · February 18, 2008

Definitely our family's favorite, very mild and white flesh and thin skin, so we don't peel them. I tried drying them this year and have still been using them in sauces and stews. Will continue drying them for winter use. A friend sent me seeds last week from a ping tung yellow sport on one of his plants last summer and am excited about seeing if the seeds produce yellow ping tung's. Pt's do very well and set as well or better than most in our intense heat and after the hottest part of the summer they keep producing very well into late fall. 8)

DeanRIowa · July 29, 2008

tuk50 said, "we don't peel them"

I am thinking of making a Moussaka recipe with them, do you think I would need to peel them for that recipe?

thanks,
Dean

Grub · August 5, 2008

Not at all.
Just eat 'em sliced.
Abs no probs.

tuk50 · August 6, 2008

Like Grub said, just slice and eat.... we usually pick them when about 6 or 7 inches long and still shiny.. when they get much longer and start turning dull color, which happens very quickly in my heat of 100degree plus days... with ideal conditions they can get much longer and stay tender .... 8)

DeanRIowa · August 7, 2008

If I want to grill one, how would I go about it?

Do they need peeled?
Do they need soaked in anything?
A good seasoning would be?
How long do you grill them?

thanks,
Dean

January 31, 2008	#1
Lomatia Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 147	Pingtung Long This is quite a prolific eggplant and the flesh is very white. I will certainly grow it again.

February 1, 2008	#4
Raymondo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Saumarez Ponds, NSW, Australia Posts: 946	They look good Lomatia. __________________ Ray

January 31, 2008	#2
DeanRIowa Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: 5a - NE Iowa Posts: 416	Is it very bitter? Dean

February 1, 2008	#6
epiphanista Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Santa Barbara CA Posts: 75	Beautiful! I grew these several years in a row and they are probably my favorite eggplant. good growing! ~Thalia

February 18, 2008	#7
tuk50 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tucson, Arizona (catalina) Posts: 413	Definitely our family's favorite, very mild and white flesh and thin skin, so we don't peel them. I tried drying them this year and have still been using them in sauces and stews. Will continue drying them for winter use. A friend sent me seeds last week from a ping tung yellow sport on one of his plants last summer and am excited about seeing if the seeds produce yellow ping tung's. Pt's do very well and set as well or better than most in our intense heat and after the hottest part of the summer they keep producing very well into late fall. 8)

July 29, 2008	#8
DeanRIowa Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: 5a - NE Iowa Posts: 416	tuk50 said, "we don't peel them" I am thinking of making a Moussaka recipe with them, do you think I would need to peel them for that recipe? thanks, Dean

August 5, 2008	#9
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	Not at all. Just eat 'em sliced. Abs no probs.

August 6, 2008	#10
tuk50 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tucson, Arizona (catalina) Posts: 413	Like Grub said, just slice and eat.... we usually pick them when about 6 or 7 inches long and still shiny.. when they get much longer and start turning dull color, which happens very quickly in my heat of 100degree plus days... with ideal conditions they can get much longer and stay tender .... 8)

August 7, 2008	#11
DeanRIowa Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: 5a - NE Iowa Posts: 416	If I want to grill one, how would I go about it? Do they need peeled? Do they need soaked in anything? A good seasoning would be? How long do you grill them? thanks, Dean