> GUEST wrote:
> romanian eggplant salad, salată de vinete complete with photos:
> http://www.len.ro/cooking/salads/eggplant-salad/view
>
> Ingredients
>
> * 1 kg of eggplants: not to large, with uniform coloring and
> texture
> * 1 large onion
> * salt, pepper
> * 100ml, sunflower oil
> * patience
>
>
> Preparation
>
> * use a fork to pierce the eggplants to avoid eggplant
explosion
> * grill the eggplants until they are soft and liquid is
emerging
> when checking the crust (10 - 15 mins)
> * leave them to cool down until they can be handled
> * peal the crust. This should be easy if they are cooked and
cold
> enough but requires some patience
> * put the eggplants on a plate and wait 10 minutes to let out
all
> liquid
> * cut the onion in very small pieces
> * mix the eggplants with onions and the sunflower oil until
it's a
> paste
> * cool down and serve on sliced bread and with tomatos
salad

This stuff tastes really good, and I think putting it in
a microwave would take away all the magic in the making of it. And as
mentioned a little bit of the taste as well.
It's really by purpose, that it's burnt a bit, and you can taste the
smoke or just smell the burning or something. I can't describe it
really, but if you eat properly prepared eggplants, you'll know.