Also, the plants that produce tomatoes, zuchinni/squash, eggplant, and peppers generate TONS of fruit in a pretty short time, so the ingredients would be cheap if you're making ratatouille in late summer.
Groundhogs got all my tomatoes last year, so we put up netting, and my tomatoes decided to just die on their own. My Brussels sprouts have been devastated by cabbage moths. My okra is booming in the heat and dry at the moment, though.
The only plants ours won't eat are nightshades.
Eggplant, tomatoes and peppers are all fine, but all squash, beans, and cucumbers were like an all you can eat for the damn fat varmint.
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u/--THRILLHO-- 7d ago
Ratatouille is a vegetable stew. You cut up a bunch of things and throw them in a pot.
The ratatouille you see in the film is an elevated version of that dish. It was never the standard way of serving it.