Todd wrote:

> My latest endeavor was to peal it, salt it for an hour, rinse
> the salt off, and plop it into hot olive oil. You could watch
> the oil disappear as the eggplant slices sucked every bit of it
> up.
>
> What am I doing wrong?

yowsa.
Ok... salt if you want but NOT for a freakin' hour! I've never known
anyone to rinse it but rather pat it dry of any extruded moisture and
the salt.
Then dip in eggwash and then flour before frying. That's how my dad did
his.....
Give that a try
Goomba