My dictionary informs me that brinjal is the name for the dark purple South African fruit which is - for reasons unexplained - cooked and eaten as a vegetable. I'll take their word for it. There's no mention of whether it's a vegetable dreaded by children. Perhaps someone of South African background can inform us of the taste of a brinjal. Thanks for your interesting contributions. I thoroughly enjoyed them and have chosen, as today's winner,Vicki Malicki for her choice of brinjal as a rite of passage.
Here's VM's meaning: Brinjal is an ancient Indian custom where upon reaching the age of 13, Indian males must eat exactly 13 of the hottest chillis available in India. This is where the term Delhi Belly originated from, as you can imagine the after effects of eating 13 very hot chillis is not too pleasant.
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4 comments:
The murky broth from the preparation of dumplings in certain Southeast Asian cultures. It is hard to find the word outside of local fairytale, where "a diet of brinjal" is used to signify great hardship. During British colonial rule, this usage enjoyed brief currency as English idiom.
Brinjal is the act of doing something disgusting to edible items. and not telling anyone about it.
My grandmother told me about one such brinjal she committed as a little girl. She had been playing barefoot out in the hot dirt with a friend of hers. Their feet started to burn so they went into the cellar and stuck them into a pickle jar to cool them. Needless to say she passed on the pickles that night at supper.
Brinjal is an ancient Indian custom where upon reaching the age of 13, Indian males must eat exactly 13 of the hottest chillis available in India. This is where the term Delhi Belly originated from, as you can imagine the after effects of eating 13 very hot chillis is not too pleasant.
A 'brinjal' is a formal Indian attire a groom wears at the day of his wedding. Raju looks gallant in his brinjal.
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