I made the ratatouille. Sweet Jesus! Worth the time. I actually
followed the recipe!! Every bit of it! And I ate every bit of it for
supper, too. Where they get 6 servings is beyond me. (Hush! I didn't
have lunch!"

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On Sat, 5 Sep 2009 18:23:13 -0700 (PDT), Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig
> wrote:

>I gotta take another look at ratatouille! I never wanted to make it
>because I'm not at all enamored with eggplant. I made something like
>it but with zuchinni once - I think it was a kind of moussaka. Blah!

I love the stuff. Maybe I made the Julia version the first time (I
needed a recipe), but I just throw it together now... and it's good
anyway.

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"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
>I made the ratatouille. Sweet Jesus! Worth the time. I actually
> followed the recipe!! Every bit of it! And I ate every bit of it for
> supper, too. Where they get 6 servings is beyond me. (Hush! I didn't
> have lunch!"

Not to fret -- I did away with my batch in two sittings. The six servings
are for six emaciated pygmies with anorexia.

Is it not the best damned vegetable dish ever? And you're right: the vegs
must be cut exactly to specs and they must be cooked at the exact time at
for the exact temp specified. And the tomatoes -- no skin, no snot, no
juice. Your pics showed just how it should be done. But I don't think it
could be done in stages, more's the pity.

Dear God, I can't remember ever expending this much time and effort on a
friggin' vegetable dish.

Fleece

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> I made the ratatouille. Sweet Jesus! Worth the time. I actually
> followed the recipe!! Every bit of it! And I ate every bit of it for
> supper, too. Where they get 6 servings is beyond me. (Hush! I didn't
> have lunch!"
>

I can't find the original (Fleece's) post with the recipe. Anyone?

TammyM

On Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:25:09 -0500, Melba's Jammin' wrote:

>
> What does it taste like? It tasted like more. Actually, it tasted like
> there ain't no more. It tasted rich. I used kosher salt and didn't
> overdo it but next time I'll use even less, I think. There was a
> sweet-ish note to it.
>
> When I said I followed the recipe? I weighed the vegetables as
> specified. I cut the eggplant as directed. I measured the thickness
> with a ruler. The only part I wasn't 100% sure of was the part about
> seeding and juicing the tomatoes. What's the "juicing" part about? I
> just peeled and seeded them. Here are the pics.
> http://gallery.me.com/barbschaller#100168

it looks very good, barb. recipe saved.

your pal,
blake

"TammyM" > wrote in message
...
> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>> I made the ratatouille. Sweet Jesus! Worth the time. I actually
>> followed the recipe!! Every bit of it! And I ate every bit of it for
>> supper, too. Where they get 6 servings is beyond me. (Hush! I didn't
>> have lunch!"
>>
>
> I can't find the original (Fleece's) post with the recipe. Anyone?
>
> TammyM

The early bird posts the recipe, saving Fleece from painstakingly copying
her oil-smeared copy. Thanks, Tracy!

Fleece
..

In article >,
TammyM > wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > I made the ratatouille. Sweet Jesus! Worth the time. I actually
> > followed the recipe!! Every bit of it! And I ate every bit of it for
> > supper, too. Where they get 6 servings is beyond me. (Hush! I didn't
> > have lunch!"
> >
>
> I can't find the original (Fleece's) post with the recipe. Anyone?
>
> TammyM

She didn't post the recipe, but I did.


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On Sun, 06 Sep 2009 08:17:28 -0700, TammyM > wrote:
>>
>
>I can't find the original (Fleece's) post with the recipe. Anyone?
>
>TammyM

Her OP is a thread called "Julia's ratatouille". No recipe.

If you want the OP recipe... I had posted a link to an article with
several Julia Child recipes (including ratatouille) in a thread called
"Remembering Julia" on 9/1 - Felice replied that she would use Julia's
recipe instead of another one. Here is the article for you,
ratatouille begins on page 4.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2001Oct2.html

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