notbob wrote on Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:59:07 GMT:

>> Eggplant caviar is an old, old recipe. The name was meant to
>> imply something you spread on toast or crackers. There never
>> was a suggestion that it would taste like fish roe. -aem

> Sez you. Every tried "mock apple pie" made with vanilla wafer
> or ritz crackers or whatever the heck it is. What's next?
> Burnt bread crumbs as coffee?

My grandfather tried coffee made from roast acorns during WW II. Most of
the family pronounced it a failure.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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