Omelet wrote:
>
> In article .com>,
> "Pete C." > wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> <lol> That's the first thing I thought about too when I saw this thread.
> ;-) My sister generally uses it for Eggplant Parmesan. Mom used to
> make a killer egg plant soup/stew.
>
> I personally don't care for them, but I can still prepare them for
> others...

A lot of people think they don't like eggplant, when in reality they
have only every tried mediocre fried preparations.