eggplant poll

[I Are Baboon]

Please vote.

[Westy]

I eat it when it is fried and covered in cheese, but I'd eat my own shoe when fried and covered in cheese.

[gonefirefightin]

I threw up in my mouth a little just by reading the title,

looks like alien poops

[Heidi]

Tough call. I really do like eggplant, but I saw that word "beer" and got all giddy.

[I Are Baboon]

Tough call. I really do like eggplant, but I saw that word "beer" and got all giddy.

What about eggplant beer? It can't be any more disgusting than PUMPKIN beer.

[syadasti]

It tastes good prepared various ways but it has almost no nutritional value...

[johnbryanpeters]

Please vote.

Looking at poll results, I gotcher wife's back. Eggplant is excellent if properly prepared. If you screw up, it's bitter and tough.

Try following:

Mash a bunch of garlic into some olive oil and let it sit for an hour or so.
Cut an eggplant into long slices, 3/8 to 1/2" thick.
Brush both sides of slices with the garlive oil, mebbe grind some pepper on, put on a cookie sheet, broil for five minutes.
Brush, turn slices, broil until tender.

Consume with beer.

[I Are Baboon]

Try following:


I don't particulary care for eggplant, but I eat it when MBC puts it into chili. She makes the chili so damn hot though that I can't taste the eggplant anyway. :D

[Heidi]

What about eggplant beer? It can't be any more disgusting than PUMPKIN beer.

Don't f with my beer and put veggies in it. That pumpkin beer is disgusting.

[OGRipper]

I like grilled eggplant but in stir fries and other dishes that stuff is a grease sponge.

[SkaredShtles]

I've had some great eggplant is Thai dishes. I also like it breaded & fried with sauce & cheese. I like it grilled too.

[johnbryanpeters]

I like grilled eggplant but in stir fries and other dishes that stuff is a grease sponge.

That comes from cooking it improperly. Cook it separately, hot wok, only a tablespoon full of oil. Add to rest of stir fry just before serving.

[stinkyboy]

Brushed with olive oil, salt and pepper on the grill is awesome once in awhile.

http://www.taunton.com/cms/uploadedimages/images/cooking/articles/issues_81-90/fc87de049-02.jpg

[narlus]

I eat it when it is fried and covered in cheese, but I'd eat my own shoe when fried and covered in cheese.

quoted for truth.

i don't mind it made as parmagiana, but i never cook it myself.

[TreeSaw]

I like it. Grilled, parmagiana, mashed into a dip for pita chips, grilled in a salad with goat cheese (ok, I said I liked it). As for nutritional value, it's actually quite low in Saturated Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium and contains a fair amount of fiber with some protein too. I do agree that if it isn't cooked right, it's pretty awful.

[syadasti]

Nah its pretty low in nutritional value (ie there is nothing in it) for a vegetable even in its raw form before you cook it and it loses nutrients. Its got decent fiber, some minerals and some vitamins but its not a nutritional all-star of the vegetable family. I still like it prepared right and its a lot better than nothing food like iceberg lettuce...

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b398/syadasti/crap/eggpnv.jpg

[Nobody]

It's widely used in the most wrongest way... hence the ambivalence.

aubergines are popular in Italy but are treated properly, so it's a toss up

[Arkayne]

I grill'em for the wifey but they don't rank high on my taste palate.

[Damo]

I like them. Like johnbryanpeters says, grilled with garlic oil is good. I grow them in my veg garden in the summers...

[TN]

I like 'em. babaganouj, eggplant parm, grilled, fried, in lasagna, etc....

[sanjuro]

If anyone is in Glastonbury, CT, Gino's Pizza on New London Rd has the best Eggplant Parm anywhere.

[I Are Baboon]

If anyone is in Glastonbury, CT, Gino's Pizza on New London Rd has the best Eggplant Parm anywhere.

Never been there, but Paradise Pizza in New Britain is pretty darn good too (according to MBC, anyway. I get the chicken parm and it's fantastic)

[Broken_Spoke]

Give me that purple thing I'll eat it.

[geargrrl]

I've had some great eggplant is Thai dishes. I also like it breaded & fried with sauce & cheese. I like it grilled too.


I do this Thai "spicy eggplant" dish with Japanese eggplant, red chili, red pepper and onion, fresh Thai basil leaves.

AS JBP says, you cook the eggplant first, seperately, set it aside and then add it back in at the last minute.

gg

[Damo]

Just started some aubergine (eggplant) seeds 4 days ago. Today they stand about 5cm high. Damn things can grow. If they all survive, I'm not going to know what to do with 50 plants.....

[SkaredShtles]

Just started some aubergine (eggplant) seeds 4 days ago. Today they stand about 5cm high. Damn things can grow. If they all survive, I'm not going to know what to do with 50 plants.....
You'll throw a lot of aubergine away. :D

[Broken_Spoke]

Just started some aubergine (eggplant) seeds 4 days ago. Today they stand about 5cm high. Damn things can grow. If they all survive, I'm not going to know what to do with 50 plants.....

Shoot if you didn't live in France I'd say send some to me, but if you have a farmers market you could probably sell them

[jdschall]

You'll throw a lot of aubergine away. :D

No kidding, we had 4 plants in the garden one summer. We were so sick of eggplants...