"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 7/18/2014 8:06 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> What would you people do if I left here? You'd have nothing to talk
>> about.
>
> Au, contraire! We could discuss actual cooking without having to listen
> to what you don't like.

Then I would like to see that happen because most of what I see posted here
isn't about food at all. And other people post of what they don't like. So
that's okay for them? But not okay for me?
>
> I bought three lovely small purple eggplants yesterday. I'm thinking of
> making a lovely eggplant parm with two of them. Three for a dollar.
>
> The other eggplant I will simply slice and pan fry as a side dish. It
> will go along with simple angel hair pasta tossed with butter and olive
> oil, seasoned simply with onion, garlic, oregano, thyme and freshly
> chopped basil. Topped with shaved Parmesan. Nope, no tomatoes.
>
> Fried sliced eggplant is wonderful stuff. I figured out a way to de-seed
> eggplants so I don't have to worry about those rock hard seeds interfering
> with my digestive tract. I love eggplant.

And I'm making the Southwestern Beef Hash. No not from scratch. Yes, I
know I could make it all from scratch, including owning a cow and butchering
it. My yard is small but I presume I could have one cow out there. I just
choose not to.