E is for Eggplant

[a_boleyn]

I'm not very fond of vegetables.

In fact, my repertoire of ACCEPTABLE vegetables is so limited that when I discussed my ambition to expand it with a friend some years ago, she gifted me with a cookbook, "Fresh from France - Vegetable Creations for Every Course and Every Occasion" by Faye Levy to assist me in discovering recipes that might be

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[edgeofthewoods]

Eggplant is one of my faves, but I am also a veggie fanatic - I love all the variety of colours, textures, and flavours that they have!

Texture is a big issue tho - I can totally understand not wanting to eat something b/c the texture doesn't appeal to you. Glad to hear this recipe was a winner!

[a_boleyn]

I can't see rushing to make this particular dish again but if I ever get served eggplant at someone's house I won't run screaming away from it. If you drop in for a quick meal today or tomorrow, I know what I can serve you. :)

[ext_2283238]

That does look incredibly tasty, but then again, what wouldn't with béchamel sauce? I love eggplant too.
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[a_boleyn]

It's an easy and tasty dish to make, especially if you like eggplant. :)

[spikesgirl58]

There are only a few vegetables I don't care for and eggplant is pretty high on the list. This sounds fairly straight forward. I do a white lasagna that is very close to this.

[a_boleyn]

It's a fairly innocuous way of eating eggplant. My other idea was to slice the eggplant into rounds and dip into an Indian inspired spicy besan (chickpea) batter but that would have required deep frying ... which I wouldn't do on a weeknight in any case. I got it from some zucchini bhajis/pakoras that an Indian graduate student fed to me once.

[spikesgirl58]

I have had my share of bitter eggplant (even after doing the salt and paper towel method), but this sound, well, safe. The hubby loves it, so I'm always ready to try something new.

[a_boleyn]

I didn't even think of the bitterness issue and the size (1 pound) was perfect for the recipe that I used. So, everything worked out well on my maiden eggplant cooking attempt. In retrospect, I could have made an eggplant curry.

[anonymous]

What an original way to serve eggplant. I have never seen anything similar, but it sounds delicious. (By the way, I love the alphabet idea :-) Sissi

[a_boleyn]

It's similar to moussaka but without any meat. Thank you. There are lots of way to do the cooking alphabet if you want to be creative ... all veggies, all desserts, all cheeses.

[ext_877277]

God I love aubergine (sorry... I can't call it an eggplant! :p) - it has to be my favourite vegetable, but so much more expensive here than in France. I really miss "Mediterranean" vegetables. Cooking with it is a pain because it sucks up oil likes a sponge, and then leeches it all out again later, making frying a bit difficult sometimes, but roasted, grilled, fried... so delicious. My wife steamed it recently too which was incredibly good. A bit like a "healthy" fried dish (which wasn't fried, obviously).

[a_boleyn]

I don't think the aubergine was TOO pricey, though I can't remember how much I paid for it. Still, it serves 4 people so it can't be that expensive to serve.