blake murphy wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:02:22 -0400, Kate Connally >
> wrote:
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>>Tracy wrote:
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>>>On Jul 11, 8:58 am, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
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>>>>Has anyone else seen it? Just curious about something.
>>>>
>>>>nancy
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>>>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
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> try it with the eggplant. it's good.

It probably is, but not as good as without the eggplant. ;-)

Kate

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