On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:02:22 -0400, Kate Connally >
wrote:

>Tracy wrote:
>
>> On Jul 11, 8:58 am, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>>
>>>Has anyone else seen it? Just curious about something.
>>>
>>>nancy
>>
>>
>> I saw it..and thought it was excellent. I was curious about the final
>> dish - the ratatoullie - which was done in a very different way than I
>> am familiar with. I did some googling and found a couple of recipes.
>> Eggplant is a fairly recent acquired taste for me.
> >
>> Sheryl Julian, the Boston Globe food editor put up a video of herself
>> on her blog making something similar to Remy's dish but she left out
>> the eggplant. She claimed it would take too long to cook.
>
>I do like eggplant but I too have only recently learned to like
>it. Maybe 10 years ago. (Hey, that's recent when you're my
>age!) Anyway, for some reason I have never been keen on the
>idea of traditional ratatouille because of the eggplant. I make
>something very similar but without the eggplant - just bell peppers,
>zucchini, yellow squash, tomatoes, and herbs and garlic and onion.
>I just threw it together one day several years ago on a whim and
>based on a vague recollection of ratatouille recipes I had seen.
>It's yummy. I serve it over rice. Lovely.
>
>Kate

try it with the eggplant. it's good.

your pal,
blake