Comments | brettw: Edward Norton cooks: Tofu with eggplant and a tart soy sauce

brettw

Edward Norton cooks: Tofu with eggplant and a tart soy sauce

Apr 16, 2006 17:39

As a favour for my biggest fan, underthethrow, I, Edward Norton, will go through the steps to make this delicious dish. I will be assisted by brettw.

( But first, some words from our sponsors. )

cooking

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brettw April 16 2006, 00:41:23 UTC

Apologies for the bad shots in some of them. It was hard to work fast with a camera with a failing battery, avoiding the steam and hot sauce, with the poor lighting we have in the kitchen. Norton's agent assures me he refuses to work with amateur photographers ever again.

jonjonc April 16 2006, 00:52:49 UTC

Looks good Eddie!

underthethrow April 16 2006, 11:35:03 UTC

Oh my god you're my hero. This wins the prize for awesome post ahhhh....

I'm still not so sure about how to fry the eggplant; how thin/thick do I cut it and how often do i like, turn the pieces over and stuff? other than that everything seems pretty simple. I don't think we have a rice cooker however.... :/

aHHhhhh i was just looking up edward norton on IMDB and auhhhhhh why does he have to be 36?????

oh well.

THANK YOU you win.

brettw April 16 2006, 18:18:16 UTC

So I cut the eggplant into half-inch slabs, and once the salting was finished, I cut each slab into three. They come out as pieces roughly as big as the tofu cubes.

You'll wanna stir them reasonably often because they'll stick more than the tofu.

If you don't have a rice cooker (they're reasonably cheap and pretty good), then it's just another layer of complexity. It's not too hard to use the absorption method. See the back of your rice packet for details.

underthethrow April 16 2006, 18:55:23 UTC

that made me think of a wildly stupid innuendo that pretty much makes no sense

"I'll see the back of your rice packet for details!!!"

WHAT

brettw April 16 2006, 19:09:21 UTC

*covers his rice packet with his hands*

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ourglasslake April 17 2006, 08:08:49 UTC

Oh my god, this is great. :D

Also, I don't mind at all that you're 36, Edward Norton. You are still way hotter than Brad Pitt in Fight Club.

aprilstarchild April 18 2006, 06:49:08 UTC

Thanks, Mr. Norton!

Although it's useful to know: coriander leaves and cilantro are the same thing.

ourglasslake April 18 2006, 08:09:14 UTC

If you're one of those damn Americans. ;)

brettw April 18 2006, 18:13:35 UTC

Exactly :) You guys always wanna be different...

Although... Wikipedia gives a bunch of other names. Maybe you Yanks are not so bad after all. :)