eggplant: one of the best foods when cooked well, one of the worst when cooked terribly
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@cwebber eggplant: What if a vegetable was like a hotel towel for grease.
@cwebber you just have to burn the hell out of the outside of it, that's how you know it's done!
@cwebber @7sleepersmusic Asian cuisines tend to make fabulous eggplant. And I love a good smokey baba ganoush. But otherwise, no thanks.
but it isn't that hard to cook well: slice it into rounds, salt it pretty significantly, add a bit of oil, let it sit for a bit, then pop it in the toaster oven / air frier / oven at about 400F for about 15-20min
It will come out tender yet crispy and delicious. I have been cooking it this way and adding it to pasta and this technique rules imo
@cwebber add olive oil (don't cook it in olive oil)
I used to love aubergine (what you call eggplant).
I loathe it now. I feel literally sick.
One of my favourite recipes was;
slice a fruit in half, lengthways
cut criss-scores in the flesh
slather with olive tapenade
top with some goats' cheese
grate some parmesan over the top
20 mins in a 180ºC oven.
@cwebber so true!!! And so often cooked terribly.
@cwebber Also cabbage