7/10
As a one-time Home Economics major, it was quite a thrill . . .
27 October 2021
Warning: Spoilers
. . . for me to see that Dizzy Nature had explored egg plants on film nearly a century ago. Since I had minored in Egg Plants at Northern, I was literally at the edge of my seat watching ALICE'S EGG PLANT. You probably can imagine my disappointment, then, to find out that Alice does not seem to know her egg plants from her rutabaga. There is absolutely no indication here that Alice is aware that egg plant is a delicate, tropical perennial growth often cultivated as a tender or half-hardy annual in temperate climates. Does Alice reckon that her plants have spiny stems, flowers white to purple in color and egg-shaped green fruit? Doubtful. Though she's pictured taking an order for her product, it does not seem to originate from such likely sources as Asia or the Middle East. Could Alice's confusion be due to her being more familiar with this plant as 'West African Squash'? I see no proof for that here. Has Alice ever whipped up a batch of tamarind lentil stew featuring her crop? What do YOU think?
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