Who likes eggplant?

[/pine]

I like to refer to as "the meat that grows on a bush"...anyone got any tasty recipes?

My fav is sliced thin dusted in seasoned floured and fried in butter until the outside is crisp...

Also like it as a casserole with sausage...

anyone ever tried "Mock Oysters"...?

 

[atsah]

Love it with pasta and sauce..

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I like to refer to as "the meat that grows on a bush"...anyone got any tasty recipes?

My fav is sliced thin dusted in seasoned floured and fried in butter until the outside is crisp...

Also like it as a casserole with sausage...

anyone ever tried "Mock Oysters"...?

I love it...but Sharn Jean doesn't, and if I don't insist, we never have it. I like it fixed the same way you do...fried...and I like it hot. It loses a lot when it gets cold.

 

[GirlWhoWantsTractor]

Slice medium-thin, slather with olive oil, season with salt and pepper, and throw it on the grill. Yum.

 

[Lelandwelds]

Stir fry. The little Asian ones are better than the big purple ones.

 

[GirlWhoWantsTractor]

Stir fry. The little Asian ones are better than the big purple ones.

Endorse!:thumbsup:

 

[Bird]

Interesting timing for this thread. I like eggplant; wife doesn't care much for it. She will eat a little battered and fried as others have said. But Wyatt's Cafeterias in the Dallas area used to (maybe still do) have an eggplant casserole (Baked Eggplant) that I always liked. So last Saturday, I bought some eggplant at the Farmer's Market, found what is supposed to be Wyatt's recipe on the Internet and I tried it. It wasn't bad, but it was too dry; not as good as Wyatt's, but I'm sure it was my fault for getting some quantities off a bit. And it's too many things to buy for such small quantities of each.

Wyatt Cafeterias Baked Eggplant Aubergine) Recipe - Genius Kitchen

 

[oosik]

I think I might have been snatched as a baby from the deep south. I like fried eggplant, fried parsnips, rutabagas, turnips and kohlrabi. Folks around these parts look at me as if I were from Mars, when I ask for any of the five veggies I've listed at the local grocery store. Fortunately - there is a Louisiana coonass living down the road - fried catfish and fried parsnips and, maybe, a touch of the lightning.


Who were my heroes - Carl Sagan, Justin Wilson & Mr Rogers.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I think I might have been snatched as a baby from the deep south. I like fried eggplant, fried parsnips, rutabagas, turnips and kohlrabi. Folks around these parts look at me as if I were from Mars, when I ask for any of the five veggies I've listed at the local grocery store. Fortunately - there is a Louisiana coonass living down the road - fried catfish and fried parsnips and, maybe, a touch of the lightning.


Who were my heroes - Carl Sagan, Justin Wilson & Mr Rogers.

Well, I might have believed you if you had said that you liked fried okra...but I have to admit, some of the best eatin' ever was a mess of fried...fresh caught Mississippi River catfish!

 

[UpstateSC_Papi]

Mmmmm.... Fried okra! Or my favorite, boiled okra drenched in butter.

Eggplant - fried as well. Have had it in a casserole and liked that as well.

Catfish?? I could eat that for days!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Thomas]

Only if its breaded and fry,but the wife inhales it.

 

[bunyip]

Used to hate but now I like it pan fried in olive oil, absorbs the oil but gives it back up when cooked, served with a homemade mayonnaise infused with cumin.
Also baked in the oven and flesh removed for the wonderful middle eastern dip babaghanoush (and all it's spelling variants), served with Turkish bread and a couple of other dips, nice outdoor summer eating with a glass of something nice (your call).

 

[/pine]

Eggplant does tend to absorb whatever it's being cooked in...one reason it's not recommended to deep fry like so many other vegetables etc...
Also why I like using just enough butter to get it browned on the outside...
it makes great finger food/appetizers and it does not make any mess in the pan...!

 

[Wakey]

Interesting timing for this thread. I like eggplant; wife doesn't care much for it. She will eat a little battered and fried as others have said. But Wyatt's Cafeterias in the Dallas area used to (maybe still do) have an eggplant casserole (Baked Eggplant) that I always liked. So last Saturday, I bought some eggplant at the Farmer's Market, found what is supposed to be Wyatt's recipe on the Internet and I tried it. It wasn't bad, but it was too dry; not as good as Wyatt's, but I'm sure it was my fault for getting some quantities off a bit. And it's too many things to buy for such small quantities of each.

Wyatt Cafeterias Baked Eggplant Aubergine) Recipe - Genius Kitchen

I made this also, and while it was tasty, it calls for way too much bread crumbs. (dry) I think the recipe has a typo, it calls for a half pound which seems way high. I'd say half a cup. A half pound is likely almost 4 cups!

I'm posting another eggplant recipe in this forum, give it a look, she's a winner!

 

[downsizingnow48]

My wife makes what she calls eggplant lasagna, using sliced eggplant and zucchini in place of pasta. I like it a lot!

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Mmmmm.... Fried okra! Or my favorite, boiled okra drenched in butter.

Eggplant - fried as well. Have had it in a casserole and liked that as well.

Catfish?? I could eat that for days!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm with you! Spoken like a true Southerner!

"...I'm going to see my dear old Mammy
She lives way down in Alabammy
She's frying eggs and boiling hammy
And that's what I like about the South!"

With apologies to Phil Harris

 

[oosik]

2Lane - - gotta admit - never had fried okra. I'll bet there are very few around this area that ever have and I got a good idea what its going to taste like if some of these local yokels try fixing it. You ever met a man that could screw up on boiling water - well, I have and he is just a plain 'ol local bloke.

 

[bullbreaker]

I like it when its made by someone who really knows what they are doing in the form of "eggplant parmesan " !

 

[void777]

bullbreaker

^^^^^^ what he said .