Todd wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I cook because it is fun. I really do not know what I am doing.
>
> Okay, I give up. How do you fry eggplant without it becoming
> an oil sponge?
>
> 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?

You're trying to fry eggplant.

Try a non fried recipe, there are plenty and they are generally a lot
better.