awesome. These things are really cool. I planted in a container and didn't even realize that they were eggplants until doing research. They look just like pumpkins.
I know of people that use the fruit from it. I never tried it. I used it more for a decoration. A neighbor of mine did use a few in some chinese dishes she made. She said it was good.
You can grow them indoors or outdoors. I had them in containers and sit them on the side of my garden the first time. Kansas direct summer sun was a bit much for them and they didn't do great. When I didn't allow them to get so much sun in the heat of the kansas sun they did better