Eggplants are one of the best vegetables to grow and eat! They are underrated and underappreciated but taste delicious and can be used in so many ways. New varieties are slowly showing up at the grocery store, but for the longest time the large, mushy purple eggplants were the only variety on the market (Globe eggplants). And this mushy food is the only thing people associate with eggplant. I'm not sure who decided that this was the only variety that should be sold, but they made a mistake.