Roasted Fregetables

My sister texted me today:

If you combine "fruit" and

"vegetable" you get

"fregetable"...and that's funny.

How right she was.

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I broiled some eggplant, white onion, and baby portobellos all chopped into 3/4 inch chunks (-ish. big -ish.) Along with 2 cloves of garlic, whole. I also got to use some very fresh herbs from a close friend and neighbor's garden, so we had a touch of some purple basil in there as well. Very cool looking stuff. All of this drizzled in some EVOO (it's too catchy and easy to type to pass up. Thanks a lot Rachel Ray. Stop taking pills Rachel Ray.)

Anyway.

All the while I'd been boiling some water and subsequently boiling a box of whole wheat fusilli. Wait. Not the box. Just the noodles. Good word, noodles. I'd like to nickname a gangster "Noodles".

Anyway, again.

The herbs and fregetables were salted and peppered and oreganoed and at the last minute I added some finely chopped pepperoncini to the mix. All in all the veggies probably sat in the broiler for 12-14 minutes? Why am I asking you. You weren't there.

The pepperoncinis caught about 4 er 5 minutes of that heat.

Um.

Yea, drain the pasta. Put some sauce on it and top it off with some kick ass broiled fregetables and fresh herbs. Awesome.

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Tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants. All fregetables. We treat them like vegetables and yet they are technically fruits.

::Web Search; fruit or vegetable::

Shit, I was wrong. Kinda. Please allow me to plagiarize

In everyday (non-technical) language, the words "fruit" and "vegetable" are mutually exclusive: plant products that are called fruits are hardly ever classified as vegetables, and vice versa. However, for scientists the word "fruit" also has a precise botanical meaning, which is considerably different from its common meaning. While peaches,plums, and oranges are "fruits" in both senses, many items commonly called "vegetables" — such as eggplants,bell peppers, and tomatoes — are technically fruits, as are also most cereals, as well as some spices like pepperand chiles. On the other hand, many items commonly called "fruits" — including figs, pineapples, and strawberries— are not fruits in the strict botanical sense.[citation needed]

I can't believe they didn't citate that last part. Some people get away with some crazy shit on the internet.

Eat Good. Laugh hard. Be Nice.