On a bright summer’s day, Maria and her daughter Sofia took a trip in the fields near their little town. While walking, Maria caught sight of a little tree. Upon closer inspection, she saw that the tree produced small, white fruits that she had never seen before.
When Maria looked more closely, she saw that the fruits were actually eggplants, even though at first she thought they were bird or animal eggs. Sofia begged her mother to take some of the strange white fruits home with her so she could cook them.
Maria was first reluctant since she had never cooked with white eggplants before and wasn’t sure what to do with them. Sofia insisted on trying it, so Maria gave it a shot. She grabbed a few of the eggplants from the tree and carried them inside.
As soon as they returned home, Maria went to work in the kitchen. She searched up recipes online so that the eggplants would be cooked to perfection. At last, she prepared eggplant parmesan, a classic Italian meal she had always loved.
After slicing the eggplants thinly and deep-frying them until they turned golden brown, they were baked till heated through and bubbling with mozzarella cheese and tomato sauce. When everything was done, she and Sofia sat down to consume their masterpiece.
Maria was surprised by how good the eggplant parmesan tasted. The soft, sweet, and subtly flavored eggplants complemented the tart tomato sauce and melted cheese well.
After that, Maria made it a point to return to the property every summer to see how the white eggplant tree was doing. Every summer, it would bear its oddly sweet fruit. She would pluck some eggplants from the tree and bring them inside, since they had perfected a family favorite recipe, eggplant parmesan.
For Maria and Sofia, the discovery of the white eggplant tree meant a whole new universe of culinary possibilities. It also served to remind Maria that sometimes the most amazing things can be found in the most unusual places.